HP Smart Array 6400 Series Controllers Support Guide, September 2007

-p <Channel:Target> [-p
<Channel:Target>...]
The physical disks included in the logical drive. Each
physical disk is identified by the channel it is connected to
and the SCSI ID it is assigned. Obtain this information from
the output of the saconfig <dev_file> command, as
described in “Displaying the Smart Array 6400 Series
Controller Configuration” (page 49).
[-s <Channel:Target>]
Configures a physical disk as a spare. The physical disk is
identified by the channel it is connected to and the SCSI
ID it is assigned. Obtain this information from the output
of the saconfig <dev_file> command, as described
in “Displaying the Smart Array 6400 Series Controller
Configuration” (page 49).
In the following example, a logical drive is configured on the Smart Array Controller with the
device filename ciss7. The RAID level is set at 1, the stripe size is set at 64 KB, two physical
disks on channel 1 with SCSI IDs of 0 and 1 are configured as a logical drive, and another physical
disk on channel 1 with a SCSI ID of 2 is configured as a spare for that logical drive:
# saconfig /dev/ciss7 -R 1 -S 64 -p 1:0 -p 1:1 -s 1:2
Logical drive 0 created
Use the saconfig /dev/cissX command to confirm the configuration:
# saconfig /dev/ciss7
******************** SmartArray RAID Controller /dev/ciss7 ********************
---------- PHYSICAL DRIVES ----------
Location Ch ID Size Status
External 1 0 18.2 GB OK
External 1 1 18.2 GB OK
External 1 2 18.2 GB SPARE
External 1 3 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
External 1 4 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
External 1 5 36.4 GB UNASSIGNED
External 1 8 36.4 GB UNASSIGNED
External 1 9 36.4 GB UNASSIGNED
External 1 10 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
External 1 11 36.4 GB UNASSIGNED
External 1 12 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
External 2 0 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
External 2 1 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
External 2 5 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
External 2 8 18.2 GB UNASSIGNED
---------- LOGICAL DRIVE 0 ----------
Device File = c7t0d0
RAID Level = 1+0
Size = 17361 MB
Stripe Size = 64 KB
Status = OK
Participating Physical Drive(s):
Ch ID
1 0
1 1
Participating Spare Drive(s):
Ch ID
1 2
50 Configuring Smart Array 6400 Series Controllers