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Intel® RAID Software User Guide 278
10.5.4.1 Add Virtual Drives Commands
The Storage Command Line Tool supports the following commands to add virtual drives:
storcli /cx add vd
type=raid[0|1|5|6|00|10|50|60][Size=<VD1_Sz>,<VD2_Sz>,..|all]
[name=<VDNAME1>,..] drives=e:s|e:s-x,y;e:s-x,y,z
[PDperArray=x][SED] [pdcache=on|off|default][pi]
[DimmerSwitch(ds)=default|automatic(auto)|
none|maximum(max)|MaximumWithoutCaching(maxnocache)] [wt|wb]
[nora|ra] [direct|cached] [CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU][cachevd]
[Strip=<8|16|32|64|128|256|1024>] [AfterVd=X] [Spares =
[e:]s|[e:]s-x|[e:]s-x,y] [force][ExclusiveAccess]
storcli /cx add vd e
ach type=raid0 [name=<VDNAME1>,..]
[drives=e:s|e:s-x|e:s-x,y] [SED] [pdcache=on|off|default][pi]
[DimmerSwitch(ds)=default|automatic(auto)|
none|maximum(max)|MaximumWithoutCaching(maxnocache)] [wt|wb]
[nora|ra] [direct|cached]
[CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU][Strip=<8|16|32|64|128|256|1024>][Ex
clusiveAccess]
storcli /cx add VD c
achecade|nytrocache Type = [raid|r][0,1,10,
R1EC] drives = [e:]s|[e:]s-x|[e:]s-x,y [WT| WB] [assignvds = 0,1,2
[BOOTVOLSIZE=x]
This command creates a RAID configuration. You can use the following options to create
the RAID volume.
Note: * indicates default
values.
The detailed description for
each command follows.
storcli /cx add vd
type=raid[0|1|5|6|00|10|50|60][Size=<VD1_Sz>,<VD2_Sz>,..|*all]
[name=<VDNAME1>,..] drives=e:s|e:s-x|e:s-x,y;e:s-x,y,z
[PDperArray=x][SED] [pdcache=on|off|*default][pi]
[DimmerSwitch(ds)=default|automatic(auto)|
*none|maximum(max)|MaximumWithoutCaching(maxnocache)][cachevd][Ex
clusiveAccess|SharedAccess*]** [wt|*wb] [nora|*ra]
[*direct|cached] [CachedBadBBU|*NoCachedBadBBU]
[Strip=<8|16|32|64|128|256|1024>] [AfterVd=X] [Spares =
[e:]s|[e:]s-x|[e:]s-x,y] [force]
Table 30. Add RAID Configuration Input Options
Option Value Range Description
type RAID
[
0|1|5|6|00|10|50|60]
Sets the RAID type of the
configuration.
size Maximum size based on the
physical dr
ives and RAID level
Sets the size of each virtual
drive. The default value is for the
capacity of all referenced disks.