Activate Storage Array Firmware; Autoconfigure Storage Array - Dell PowerVault MD3260 Cli Manual

Activate Storage Array Firmware

This command activates firmware previously downloaded to the pending configuration area in the RAID controller
modules in the storage array.
Syntax
activate storageArray firmware
Parameters
None

Autoconfigure Storage Array

This command automatically configures a storage array. Before entering the autoConfigure storageArray
command, run the show storageArray autoConfiguration command. The show storageArray
autoConfiguration command returns configuration information in the form of a list of valid physical disk types,
RAID levels, virtual disk information, and hot spare information. (This list corresponds to the parameters for the
autoConfigure storageArray command.)
The RAID controller modules audit the storage array and then determine the highest RAID level that the storage array
can support and the most efficient virtual disk definition for the RAID level. If the configuration described by the returned
list is acceptable, enter the autoConfigure storageArray command without any parameters. To modify the
configuration, change a single parameter or all of the parameters to meet your configuration requirements. After
entering the autoConfigure storageArray command, the RAID controller modules set up the storage array
using either the default parameters or those you selected.
Syntax
autoConfigure storageArray
physicalDiskType=(SAS)
raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)
diskGroupWidth=numberOfPhysicalDisks
diskGroupCount=numberOfDiskGroups
virtualDisksPerGroupCount=numberOfVirtualDisksPerGroup
hotSpareCount=numberOfHotSpares
segmentSize=segmentSizeValue
cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)
securityType=(none | capable | enabled)]
Parameters
Parameter
physicalDiskType
raidLevel
diskGroupWidth
Description
Type of physical disks to use for the storage array. Valid
physical disk type is Serial Attached SCSI (SAS). This
parameter is not required if only one type of physical disk
is in the storage array.
RAID level of the disk group that contains the physical
disks in the storage array. Valid RAID levels are 0, 1, 5 or
6.
Number of physical disks in a disk group in the storage
array. For information about the number of physical disks
that you can use in a disk group, see Enclosure Loss
Protection.
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