Add Raid 0, 1, 5, Or 6 Configuration - Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 Software User's Manual

Table 5.27 Create a Drive Group from All of the Unconfigured Drives (Cont.)
Description Creates one RAID drive group out of all of the unconfigured good drives, and a hot
spare, if desired. This is for RAID levels 0, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60. All free drives are
used to create a new drive group and, if desired, one hot spare drive.
-Rx[E0:S0,...]: Specifies the RAID level and the drive enclosure/slot numbers
used to construct a drive group.
-WT (Write through), WB (Write back): Selects write policy.
-NORA (No read ahead), RA (Read ahead), ADRA (Adaptive read ahead): Selects read
policy.
-Direct, -Cached: Selects cache policy.
-CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU: Specifies whether to use write cache when the
BBU is bad.
Hsp: Specifies drive to make the hot spare with.
-Force: Specifies that drive coercion is used to make the capacity of the drives
compatible. Drive coercion is a tool for forcing drives of varying capacities to the
same capacity so they can be used in a drive group.
1. NOTE: Previously -szXXX expressed capacity in Mbytes but now you can enter
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Add RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6 Configuration

Table 5.28 Add RAID 0, 1, 5, or 6 Configuration
Convention
MegaCli –CfgLDAdd -R0|-R1|-R5|-R6[E0:S0,E1:S1,...] [WT | WB] [NORA |
RA | ADRA] [Direct | Cached] [CachedBadBBU|NoCachedBadBBU]
[-szXXXXXXXX [-szYYYYYYYY [... ]]] [-strpszM] [–Hsp[E5:S5,...]]
[–afterLdX] -aN
the capacity in your choice of units. For example, to create a virtual drive of 10
Gbytes, enter the size as sz10GB. If you do not enter a unit, by default it is con-
sidered as Mbytes.
Use the command in
configuration to the existing configuration on the selected controller.
For RAID levels 10, 50, or 60, see
60 Configuration."
Configuration-Related Options
Table 5.28 to add a RAID level 0, 1, 5, or 6
Section 5.9.3, "Add RAID 10, 50, or
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