Reference Guide

Input
• -o — Specifies the optimized version.
• -p — Specifies the property name.
• --refkey — Specifies the controller or enclosure FQDDs.
• -name — Specifies the new name for the virtual disk.
• -size — Specifies the new size for the virtual disk. It should
be more than the current size.
•
b— Specifies the size in bytes
• k— Specifies the size in kilobytes
• m— Specifies the size in megabytes
• g— Specifies the size in gigabytes
• t— Specifies the size in terabytes
• -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
• -new_rl — Specifies the new possible raid level for the virtual
disk
• r0 — RAID0
• r1 — RAID1
• r5 — RAID5
• r6 — RAID6
NOTE:
This is a mandatory option must provide with
RLM operation. Possible raid migrations with disk
addition are R0-R1,R0-R5/R6,R1-R0/R5/R6,R5-R0/
R6,R6-R0/R5. Possible raid migrations without disk
addition are R1-R0,R5-R0,R6-R0/R5.
• -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.
• -name <VD name> — Specifies the name of the virtual disk.
• -size <VD size> — Specifies the size of each virtual disk.
• b — Specifies the size in bytes
• k — Specifies the size in kilobytes
• m — Specifies the size in megabytes
• g — Specifies the size in gigabytes
• t — Specifies the size in terabytes
• -sc — Number of spans in a virtual disk (required for multi-
span RAID level).
NOTE:
• For PERC9, if the value of
controller.SupportRAID10UnevenSpans is
supported, you can enter only 0 for this option
while creating RAID level 10. The created RAID10
virtual disk will display the spandepth as 1
(default).
• For other controllers:
• The default value for multi-span RAID levels is
2 and for basic RAID level is 1.
• For hybrid RAID levels such as RAID10,
RAID50, and RAID60, this option is mandatory.
• The value for-sc option can be 0 only for
RAID10.
• -T10PIEnable — Creates a virtual disk with protection
information.
• -key <Key id> — Specifies the key id.
• -passwd <passphrase> — Specifies the passphrase.
• -newpasswd <passphrase> — Specifies the new
passphrase.
• -assign {yes | no} — Assigns or unassigns the disk as a
hotspare.
• -type { ghs | dhs} — Assigns a global or dedicated
hotspare.
• -vdkey:<VD FQDD> — Assigns the dedicated hotspare to
the specified virtual disk. This option is required for dedicated
hotspare.
• -state <start|stop> — start value starts a patrol read
operation.
stop value stops a running patrol read operation.
NOTE:
To start the operation, the
Controller.PatrolReadMode must be in Manual
mode.
• -speed — Specifies the initialization of the Virtual disk.
• fast— Performs fast initialization.
• full— Performs slow initialization.
• blink: <FQDD> or unblink: <FQDD> — <FQDD> can be
physical disk drives, virtual disks, or PCIeSSD.
• <PCIeSSD FQDD> — Specifies the PCIeSSD FQDD.
• <PCIeSSD controller|enclosure FQDD> — Specifies
the PCIeSSD controller or enclosure FQDD.
• preparetoremove — Specifies the PCIeSSD drive to
prepare for removal.
NOTE:
Ensure that ISM is installed and running to
perform the preparetoremove operation.
• secureerase— Specifies the PCIeSSD drive to perform the
secure erase operation.-
• -mdtype { windows | linux}—Specifies the metadata
type for the physical disk conversion to RAID.
NOTE:
Metadata type is only valid for software RAID
controller. If it is not specified, the Windows
metadata will be set by default.
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