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Intel® RAID Software User Guide 284
storcli /cx/vx set rdcache=<ra|nora>
This command sets the read cache policy on a virtual drive to read ahead, no read ahead,
or adaptive read ahead.
Input example:
storcli /c0/v0 set rdcache=nora
storcli /cx/vx|vall set
ssdcaching=<on|off>
This command assigns CacheCade virtual drives. If ssdcaching=off, the CacheCade
virtual drive is removed.
Input example:
storcli /c0/v0 set ssdcaching=on
storcli /cx/vx|vall set
HostAccess=ExclusiveAccess|SharedAccess
This command sets the host access policy for the virtual drive. When the host access
policy is exclusive access, a server has exclusive access to the virtual drive. The virtual
drive cannot be shared between servers. If the host policy is shared access, the virtual
drive can be shared between servers.
Input example:
storcli /c0/v0 set HostAccess=ExclusiveAccess
storcli/cx/vx set wr
cache=<wt|wb|awb>
This command sets the write cache policy on a virtual drive to write back, write through,
or always write back.
Input example:
storcli /c0/v0 set wrcache=wt
10.5.4.6 Virtual Drive Initialization Commands
The Storage Command Line Tool supports the following commands to initialize virtual
drives:
storcli /cx/vx show init
storcli /cx/vx start
init [full][Force]
storcli /cx/vx stop
init
Note: If the virtual drive has user data, you must use the force option to initialize the virtual
drive.
A virtual drive with a valid MBR and partition table is consider
ed to contain user data.
The detailed description for
each command follows.
storcli /cx/vx show init
This command shows the initialization progress of a virtual drive in percentage.