Reference Guide

Mandatory
Options and
Arguments
Optional
Parameters
Valid Parameters
Arguments
Description
• Software RAID controllers:
– RAID 0: 100 MB
– RAID 1: 100 MB
– RAID 5: 100 MB
– RAID 10: 100 MB
NOTE: If this option is not provided,
RAIDCFG determines the maximum
virtual disk size and creates it.
-ctrl -ac=cvd
-c=id -ad=
ch:targ,ch:tar
g, ... [or
ch:targ:encl,.
..]
or
controller
action=
createvdisk
controllerid=
id adisk=
channel:target
: lun,...
channel:target
: lun,... [or
channel:target
:
enclosure,...]
-vdpi or
vdiskprotectio
ninfo
0,1
Creates a virtual disk with the T10
Protection Information (PI) feature
enabled.
NOTE: This option is supported
only on PERC 9 controllers.
Example:
A:>raidcfg -ctrl -ac=cvd
-c=2
-ad=1:4,1:8 -vdpi=1
RAIDCFG Command successful!
-wp or
writepolicy
wb, wt, wc, nwc
Sets the write policy for the virtual disk.
The valid arguments are:
• wb — Write-Back caching sets the
controller to send a write-request
completion signal as soon as the
data is in the controller cache but
has not yet been written to disk.
• wt — Write-Through caching sets
the controller to send a write-
request completion signal only after
the data is written to the disk.
NOTE: The wb and wt options are
supported on the following RAID
controllers only:
• PERC 5/E Adapter, PERC 5/I
Integrated, PERC 5/i Adapter
• PERC 6/i Integrated, PERC 6/i
Adapter, PERC 6/E Adapter
• PERC 7, PERC 8, and PERC 9
• wc — Write-Caching sets the
controller to send a write-request
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