Quick Reference Guide

RAIDCFG

This section documents the Deployment Toolkit (DTK) RAID configuration utility. The RAIDCFG utility

provides a single command line tool that can configure all supported RAID controllers.

Features

The RAID configuration utility:

• Displays help and usage information.

• Reads configuration options from the Command Line Interface (CLI) parameters.

• Enumerates RAID controllers, physical disks, and virtual disks.

• Creates and deletes virtual disks.

• Logs activity to a given filename.

• Returns specific error codes and messages.

• Assigns and unassigns global and dedicated hot spares.

NOTE: In Microsoft Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE), you can find the RAIDCFG

utility at \DELL\x32\TOOLKIT\TOOLS or at \DELL\x64\TOOLKIT\TOOLS. In Linux, you can find it

at/opt/dell/toolkit/bin.

Supported RAID Controllers

The RAIDCFG utility supports the following RAID controllers:

• PERC H310 Adapter, PERC H310 Mini Blade, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic, PERC H310 Embedded,

PERC H710 Mini Blade, PERC H710P Mini Blade, PERC H710 Adapter, and PERC H710 Adapter

• PERC H200 Integrated, PERC H200 Adapter, PERC H200 Embedded, PERC H700 Integrated, PERC

H700 Adapter, and PERC H800 Adapter

• PERC 6/E Adapter, PERC 6/I Integrated, and PERC 6/I Adapter

• PERC 6/I Integrated for blade systems

• PERC 5/E Adapter, PERC 5/I Integrated, and PERC 5/I Adapter

• PERC S110, PERC S100, and PERC S300 software controller

• SAS 6iR Integrated and SAS 6iR Adapter

• SAS 5iR Integrated and SAS 5iR Adapter

RAIDCFG Options And Arguments

Table below lists all of the valid options, parameters, and arguments for the RAIDCFG utility. For more

information on valid RAIDCFG options and their specific uses, see RAID Configuration Utility Options and

Arguments.

Mandatory command line options must be present in the command. Optional command line options can

be typed in any order after the mandatory options have been typed. Many options have both a short and

long format. Short and long format options cannot be used in the same command line instance.

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