Users guide

279 Intel® RAID Software User Guide
name 15 characters of length Specifies the drive name for
each
virtual drive.
drives Valid enclosure number and
valid slot numbers for the
enclosure
In e:s|e:s-x|e:s-x,y:
e
specifies the enclosure ID.
s represents the slot in the
enclosure.
e:s-x is th
e range convention
used to represent slots s to x in
the enclosure e.
pdperarray 1-16 Specifies the number of physical
drives pe
r array. The default
value is automatically chosen.
sed — Creates security-enabled drives.
pdcache on|off|default Enables or disables PD cache.
pi — Enables protection information.
dimmerswitch default: Log
ical device uses
controller default power-saving
policy.
automatic (auto): Logical
device power savings are
managed by firmware.
none: No po
wer-saving policy.
maximum (max): Logical
device uses maximum power
savings.
MaximumWithoutCaching
(maxno
cache): Logical device
does not cache write to
maximize power savings.
Specifies the power-saving
pol
icy.
Sets to default automatically.
direct|cached cached: Cached I
/O
direct: Direct I
/O
Sets the logical drive cache
pol
icy.
Direct I/O is the default.
wt|wb wt: Write through
wb: Wri
te back
Enables write through.
Write back is the default.
nora|ra ra: Re
ad ahead
nora: No read ahead
Disables read ahead.
Enabled is the default.
cachedbadbbu|nocachedbadbbu cachedbadbbu: Ena
bles bad
BBU caching.
nocachedbadbbu: Disab
les
bad BBU caching.
Enables caching when BBU is
not fu
nctioning.
Disabled is the default.
cachevd — Enables SSD caching on the
created virtual
drive.
Option Value Range Description