HP Smart Array 6400 Series Controllers Support Guide, September 2007

• Create multiple logical drives in an array
• Perform RAID level migration
• Perform stripe size migration
• Extend the capacity of a logical drive
• Expand the capacity of an array
• Change the expand priority
You must log in as a superuser to run the saconfig command.
Enter saconfig without any options to display the help screen with command options and
syntax.
For HP-UX 11i v3:
# 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.
To delete logical drive
saconfig /dev/cissX -D <Logical drive #>
To clear configuration
saconfig /dev/cissX -D all
To add spare drive to existing logical drive
saconfig /dev/cissX -A <Logical drive #> -s <Channel:Target>
To delete a spare drive of a logical drive
46 Configuring Smart Array 6400 Series Controllers