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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide
5.3 Command Line
Abbreviations and Conventions
5.3.1 Abbreviations Used in the
Command Line
5.3.2

Conventions

For the Solaris operating system, we release MegaCLI as a package that can be
installed like any other package installation in Solaris.
For the Novell NetWare operating system, we provide an executable file,
MegaCLI.nlm, that you can execute from any folder. No installation is required. The
output of all of the commands appears in the console window.
This section explains the abbreviations and conventions used with MegaCLI
Configuration Utility commands.
The following table lists the abbreviations for the virtual drive parameters used in the
following sections.
Table 23: Command Line Abbreviations
Abbreviation
WB
WT
ADRA
RA
NORA
DIO
CIO
There are some options for which you can specify multiple values.
You can enter commands for a single controller (–aN), multiple controllers (-a0,1,2) or
work on all present controllers (-aALL). This is denoted as –aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL in this
document and specifies that you can enter commands for one controller, multiple
controllers, or all controllers.
NOTE: All options in the MegaRAID Command Tool are position-dependent, unless
otherwise specified.
The following table describes the conventions used in the options.
Table 24: Conventions
Convention
Specifies "or, " meaning you can choose between options.
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N specifies the controller number for the command.
-aN
Specifies the command is for controllers 0, 1, and 2. You can select two or
-a0,1,2
more controllers in this manner.
Specifies the command is for all controllers.
-aALL
x specifies the virtual drive number for the command.
-Lx
Chapter 5: MegaRAID Command Tool
WriteBack write policy
WriteThrough write policy
Adaptive Read Ahead read policy
Read Ahead read policy
Normal Read policy (No read ahead)
Direct I/O cache policy
Cached I/O cache policy
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