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RAID configuration functions
The following table describes the IPSSEND RAID configuration functions.
Function What it does
create This function create logical drives on
either an existing or a new array. To
define a new array, you must type the
channel and SCSI ID of the physical
drives.
Note: You cannot create RAID level-x0
logical drives with this function.
After the logical drive is created, a quick
initialization is done. The quick
initialization process initializes the first
1024 sectors of the logical drive.
If you assign the logical drive RAID
level-5 or RAID level-5E and the
ServeRAID controller supports
auto-synchronization, the logical drive
automatically synchronizes in the
background. If the controller does not
support the auto-synchronization feature,
you can use the IPSSEND synch function
to synchronize the RAID level-5 or RAID
level-5E logical drives. After
synchronization, the logical drives are
available for storing data.
delete This function deletes an array. You will
lose all the data contained in logical
drives defined in the array.
Note: You cannot delete spanned arrays
(RAID level-x0 logical drives) with this
function.
devinfo This function lists the state and size of a
physical drive.
drivever This function lists the vendor ID, firmware
version, and serial number of a
designated physical drive. IPPSEND
retrieves this information directly from the
physical drive.
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IPSSEND CREATE controller LOGICALDRIVE
NEWARRAY/ARRAYID size raidlevel {channel sid}
[NOPROMPT]
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v NEWARRAY indicates that you are creating a new
array and logical drive
v ARRAYID is the Array ID (A–H) of the existing array
on which you want to create a logical drive
v size is one of the following:
– The size in MB of the logical drive
– MAX indicates that you want to use all available
space in the array.
v raidlevel is the RAID level for the logical drive (0, 1,
1E, 5, or 5E)
v If NEWARRAY, channel is the channel number for the
device (1– 4), and sid is the SCSI ID for the device
(0–15). The maximum number of repetitions of
{channel sid} is 16.
v NOPROMPT is an optional parameter that overrides
the user prompt.
Supported operating systems: Windows, NetWare, OS/2,
Linux, OpenServer, UnixWare, Open UNIX, and DOS
IPSSEND DELETE controller ARRAY arrayID
where
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v arrayID is the array identifier (A-H) of an existing array
Supported operating systems: Windows, NetWare, OS/2,
Linux, OpenServer, UnixWare, Open UNIX, and DOS
IPSSEND DEVINFO controller channel sid
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v channel is the channel number for the device (1– 4)
v sid is the SCSI ID for the device (0–15)
Supported operating systems: Windows, NetWare, OS/2,
Linux, OpenServer, UnixWare, Open UNIX, and DOS
IPSSEND DRIVEVER controller channel sid
where:
v controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1–12)
v channel is the channel number for the device (1– 4)
v sid is the SCSI ID for the device (0–15)
Supported operating systems: Windows, NetWare, OS/2,
Linux, OpenServer, UnixWare, Open UNIX, and DOS