Users Guide

• To delete virtual disk: racadm storage deletevd:<VD FQDD>
• To initialize virtual disk: racadm storage init:<VD FQDD> -speed {fast|full}
• To check consistency of virtual disks: racadm storage ccheck:<vdisk fqdd>
• To encrypt virtual disks: racadm storage encryptvd:<VD FQDD>
• To assign or unassign dedicated hot spares: racadm storage hotspare:<Physical Disk FQDD>
-assign yes -type dhs -vdkey: <FQDD of VD>
• To cancel the check consistency: racadm storage cancelcheck: <vdisks fqdd>
Managing controllers
You can perform the following for controllers:
• Configure controller properties
• Import or auto import foreign configuration
• Clear foreign configuration
• Reset controller configuration
• Create, change, or delete security keys
Related Links
Configuring controller properties
Importing or auto importing foreign configuration
Clearing foreign configuration
Resetting controller configuration
Supported controllers
Summary of supported features for storage devices
Converting a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID mode
Configuring controller properties
You can configure the following properties for the controller:
• Patrol read mode (auto or manual)
• Start or stop patrol read if patrol read mode is manual
• Patrol read unconfigured areas
• Check consistency mode
• Copyback mode
• Load balance mode
• Check consistency rate
• Rebuild rate
• BGI rate
• Reconstruct rate
• Enhanced auto import foreign configuration
• Create or change security keys
NOTE: You can configure the Patrol Read Unconfigured Areas property using the iDRAC web
interface and not RACADM.
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