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 The opening and closing square brackets define the list of drives for the VD. Each drive is listed
in the form enclosure device ID: drive device ID.
 The WB parameter sets the controller to use the write cache. (Alternatively, the WT parameter
sets the controller cache for write through.)
 The RA parameter sets the controller cache for read ahead.
 The direct parameter sets direct I/O.
 The –strpsz64 parameter sets the stripe size to 64 KB.
 The -a0 parameter selects the first Intel
 The Intel® RAID High Availability Storage version of CmdTool2 creates, by default, a shared
VD that is visible to all cluster nodes.
NOTE: To create a VD that is visible only to the node that created it (such as creating a boot
volume for this cluster node), add the -exclusive parameter to the command line.
 The -a0 parameter selects the first Intel
For more information about the CmdTool2 command line parameters, refer to the Intel
Controller Command Line Tool 2 User Guide
Creating Shared VDs: Running CmdTool2 from a Windows Command Prompt
Follow these steps to create shared VDs with CmdTool2 on Microsoft Windows Server 2012, running in
a Windows command prompt:
1. Move the mouse to the lower right hand corner of the screen and select Search when the icons appear,
as shown in the following figure.
2. Search for cmd, as shown in the following figure.
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Figure 18 Selecting Search
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