HP A7143A RAID160 SA Controller Support Guide, February 2007

Configuring the RAID160 SA Controller

saconfig Configuration CLI

Chapter 5

saconfig Configuration CLI

The saconfig command is used to:

• Configure Logical Drives

• Set the RAID level

• Set the stripe size on a RAID

• Set up on-line spare disk drives

• Delete logical drives

• Clear the configuration

You will need a superuser ID to run the saconfig command.

By issuing the saconfig command without any options, the saconfig help screen with command options

and syntax will be displayed:

# saconfig

No device file specified

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Usage:

To display configuration

saconfig /dev/cissX

To display configuration with persistent device files

saconfig /dev/cissX -N

To create logical drive

saconfig /dev/cissX -R <RAID level> [-S <Stripe size (KB)>]

-p <Channel:Target> [-p <Channel:Target> ... ]

[-s <Channel:Target>]

RAID level can be 0, 1, 1+0, 5, or ADG.

For RAID 0, 1, and 1+0, stripe size can be 8, 16, 32, 64,

128, or 256 (default is 128).

For RAID 5 and ADG, stripe size can be 8, 16, 32, or 64

(default is 16).

Channel can be 1-4.

Target can be 0-15.