HP storageworks HSG80 Reference Manual page 93

SAVE_CONFIGURATION for a multi-device storageset, such as a stripeset,
the complete controller configuration information is stored on each disk drive
in the storageset.
• A disk drive initialized with the SAVE_CONFIGURATION switch specified
has slightly less storage space available for user data.
• Specify NOSAVE_CONFIGURATION if you do not want to store a copy of
the controller configuration on a container.
Examples
To initialize container DISK10000 and save a copy of the controller configuration on
it, enter:
INITIALIZE DISK10000 SAVE_CONFIGURATION
To initialize RAID4 and to reserve an area for configuration information on all the
disks that constitute RAID4, enter:
INITIALIZE RAID4 SAVE_CONFIGURATION
To initialize stripeset STRIPE1 with the default chunk size, enter:
INITIALIZE STRIPE1
NOTE: Note that the chunk size is not specified, so the controller initializes the unit with the
default chunk size.
To initialize RAIDset RAID9 with a chunk size of 20, enter:
INITIALIZE RAID9 CHUNKSIZE=20
To initialize DISK40400 and preserve the data after it is removed (reduced) from a
mirrorset, enter:
REDUCE DISK40400
INITIALIZE DISK40400 NODESTROY
To show the devices with the SAVE_CONFIGURATION switch enabled, enter:
SHOW DEVICES FULL
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