CLI Guide

For enclosure loss protection to work, your configuration must adhere to the following guidelines:
Table 9. CLI and Script Commands for Version 11.25
Level Criteria for Enclosure Loss
Protection
Minimum Number of Enclosures
Required
Disk Pool The disk pool contains no more
than two physical disks in a single
enclosure.
6
RAID Level 6 The virtual disk group contains
no more than two physical disks
in a single enclosure.
3
RAID Level 5 Each physical disk in the virtual
disk group is located in a
separate enclosure.
3
RAID Level 1 Each physical disk in a replicated
pair must be located in a separate
enclosure.
2
RAID Level 0 Cannot achieve enclosure loss
protection.
Not applicable
For enclosure loss protection to work, your configuration must adhere to the following guidelines:
Table 10. CLI and Script Commands for Version 11.25
Level Criteria for Drawer Loss
Protection
Minimum Number of Drawer
Required
Disk Pool The disk pool contains an equal
number of physical disk in each
drawer.
5
RAID Level 6 The virtual disk group contains
no more than two physical disk in
a single drawer.
3
RAID Level 5 Each physical disk in the virtual
disk group is located in a
separate drawer.
3
RAID Level 1 Each physical disk in a replicated
pair must be located in a separate
drawer.
2
RAID Level 0 Cannot achieve drawer loss
protection.
Not applicable
If you have a storage array configuration in which a virtual disk group spans several enclosures, you must
ensure that the setting for drawer loss protection works with the setting for enclosure loss protection.
You can have drawer loss protection without enclosure loss protection. You cannot have enclosure loss
protection without drawer loss protection. If the enclosureLossProtect parameter and the
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