Display Virtual Drive Cache And Access Parameters; Manage Virtual Drive Initialization - Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 Software User's Manual

5.10.3 Display the Virtual Drive Cache and Access Parameters
Table 5.38

Display Virtual Drive Cache and Access Parameters

Convention
MegaCli –LDGetProp
-Lall -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
Description Displays the cache and access policies of the virtual drive(s):
-Cache: -Cached, Direct: Displays cache policy.
-WT (Write through), WB (Write back): Selects write policy.
-NORA (No read ahead), RA (Read ahead), ADRA (Adaptive read ahead): Selects read
policy.
-Access: -RW, -RO, Blocked: Displays access policy.
-DskCache: Displays drive cache policy.
5.10.4 Manage Virtual Drives Initialization
Table 5.39

Manage Virtual Drive Initialization

Convention
MegaCli –LDInit {–Start [Fast | Full]} |-Abort|–ShowProg|-ProgDsply
-Lx|-L0,1,2|-Lall -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL
Description Allows you to select the following actions for virtual drive initialization:
-Start: Starts the initialization (writing 0s) on the virtual drive(s) and displays the
progress (this is optional). The fast initialization option initializes the first and last
8 Mbyte areas on the virtual drive. The full option allows you to initialize the entire
virtual drive.
-Abort: Aborts the ongoing initialization on the virtual drive(s).
-ShowProg: Displays the snapshot of the ongoing initialization, if any.
-ProgDsply: Displays the progress of the ongoing initialization. The routine
continues to display the progress until at least one initialization is completed or a key
is pressed.
Use the command in
for the virtual drive(s) on the selected controller(s).
-Cache | -Access | -Name | -DskCache -Lx|-L0,1,2|
Use the command in
drive(s) on the selected controller(s).
Virtual Drive-Related Options
Table 5.38 to display cache and access parameters
Table 5.39 to manage initialization of the virtual
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