Blink; Createvd - Dell PowerEdge VRTX Reference Manual

blink

Starts blinking or identifies operation on the specified device.
Description
Synopsis racadm raid blink:<PD FQDD>
racadm raid blink:<VD FQDD>
racadm raid blink {-pdkey:<comma separated PD FQDDs|-vdkey:<comma
separated VD FQDDs}
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Example racadm raid blink:Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.Internal.
0-0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1
racadm raid blink:Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1
racadm raid blink -pdkey:Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.Internal.
0-0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1,Disk.Bay.0:Enclosure.Internal.
0-0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1
racadm raid blink -vdkey:Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.
1-1,Disk.Virtual.0:RAID.ChassisIntegrated.1-1

createvd

Stops an initialization operation on the specified virtual drive.
Description
Synopsis racadm raid createvd:<Controller FQDD> -rl {r0|r1|r5|r6|r10|r50|
r60}[-wp {wt|wb}] [-rp {nra|ra|ara}]
[-ss {1k|2k|4k|8k|16k|32k|64k|128k|256k|512k|1M|2M|4M|8M|16M}]
-pdkey:<comma separated PD FQDD> [-dcp {enabled|disabled|default}]
[-name:<VD name>] [-size <VD size>{b|k|m|g|t}] [-cc] {-current|-
pending}
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–pdkey: A comma-seperated list of physical disk drive FQDDs to use in the operation.
–vdkey: A comma-seperated list of virtual drive FQDDs to use in the operation.
-rl: Set the RAID Level.
r0: RAID 0 – Striping.
r1: RAID 1 – Mirroring.
r5: RAID 5 – Striping with Parity.
r6: RAID 6 – Striping with Extra Parity.
r10: RAID 10 – Spanned Striping with Mirroring.
r50: RAID 50 – Spanned Striping with Parity.
r60: RAID 60 – Spanned Striping with Extra Parity.
-wp {wt | wb}: Set the write policy to Write Through or Write Back.
-rp {nra|ra|ara}: Set the read policy to No Read Ahead, Read Ahead, or Adaptive Read
Ahead.
-ss: Specify the stripe size to use.
-pdkey: <PD FQDD list>: The PDs to use in the VD.
-dcp: Set the Disk Cache Policy in the VD.
enabled: Enabled – Allow the disk to use it's cache.
disabled: Disabled – Disallow the disk from using its cache.
default: Default – Use the default cache policy. SAS Drives - Use Disabled by Default. SATA
Drives - Use Enabled by Default.
–name: <VD name>: The name to give the VD.
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