CLI Guide

• To start or stop a blink or identify operation on the specified or
PCIeSSD device, run the following command:
racadm storage blink:<FQDD>
racadm storage blink:<PCIeSSD FQDD>
racadm storage unblink:<FQDD>
racadm storage unblink:<PCIeSSD FQDD>
NOTE: The Start or Stop a Blink feature is not
supported for HHHL PCIe SSD devices.
• To prepare the PCIeSSD drive for removal, run the following
command:
racadm storage preparetoremove <PCIeSSD
FQDD>
NOTE: The preparetoremove task is not supported
for HHHL PCIe SSD devices.
NOTE: Ensure that the ISM is installed and running to
perform the preparetoremove operation.
• To perform a secure erase operation on PCIeSSD device, run
the following command:
racadm storage secureerase:<PCIeSSD FQDD>
NOTE:
securerase is now supported on SED drives
along with PCIe SSD devices.
Input
• -o—Specifies the optimized version.
• -p—Specifies the property name.
• --refkey—Specifies the controller or enclosure FQDDs.
• -rl—Sets the storage level.
•
r0—storage 0-Striping
• r1—storage 1-Mirroring
• r5—storage 5-Striping with Parity
• r6—storage 6-Striping with Extra Parity
• r10—storage 10-Spanned Striping with Mirroring
• r50—storage 50-Spanned Striping with Parity
• r60—storage 60-Spanned Striping with Extra Parity
• -wp{wt|wb|wbf}—Sets the write policy to Write Through,
Write Back, or Write Back Force
• -rp {nra|ra|ara}—Sets the read policy to No Read
Ahead, Read Ahead, Adaptive Read Ahead
• -ss—Specifies the stripe size to use.
• -pdkey:<PD FQDD list>—Specifies the physical disk
drive to use in the virtual disk.
• -dcp—Sets the Disk Cache Policy in the Virtual Disk.
• enabled—Allows the virtual disk to use the cache.
• disabled—Does not allow the virtual disk to use the
cache.
• default—Uses the default cache policy. For SAS drives,
use the disabled option and for SATA drives, use the
enabled option by default.
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