Reference Guide

Option Valid Arguments Short Description Mandatory or
Optional
See Miscellaneous
Optionsfor specific
usage information.
-o <filename>
Reads the RAID configurations
from all available controllers and
write these configurations in the
given .ini filename.
Mandatory.
See RAID Replication
Options for specific
usage information.
-r or raid <valid RAID level
number>
Sets the RAID level for the array.
Valid RAID values are 0, 1, 5,
10, 50.
If no value is specified for RAID,
0is taken as the default level.
Optional.
See Creating Virtual
Disks for specific
usage information.
-rp or
readpolicy
ra, ara, nra, rc,
nrc
Sets the read policy for the
virtual disk.
Optional.
See Creating Virtual
Disks for specific
usage information.
-se or
setenvironm
ent
NA
Sets a user-defined environment
variable to the value returned
from the function call. The
function calls are:
getcontrollerslots,
getfirmware,
getcontrollertype,
getadisks,
getadiskcount,
getfreeadisks,
getfreeadiskcount,
getfreeadisksize, and
gethotspares.
Mandatory.
See Setting
Environment Variables
for specific usage
information.
-si or
silent
NA Does not display any
information on the terminal
console.
Optional.
See Miscellaneous
Options for specific
usage information.
-sp or
spanlength
<number>
The span size of RAID 5, which is
a mandatory parameter for RAID
50.
Mandatory.
See Creating Virtual
Disks for specific
usage information.
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