Using The Command Line To Configure Storage; Example Of A Raid 5 Configuration - IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module Installation And User Manual

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Using the command line to configure storage

The recommend methods of configuring storage are the Start Now Advisor and the
IBM Storage Configuration Manager, but storage configuration can also be done
using the RAID Controller command line interface.

Example of a RAID 5 configuration

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The following shows an example the commands used to create a RAID 5
configuration.
Procedure
1. Before you begin, ensure that all of your drives are in an unassigned and
2. Run the list drive command
3. Issue the commands to create your pools and a global spare (GLS)
4. Verify pools and global spare
5. Create your volumes
6. Verify your volumes
7. Map the volumes to hosts
8. Verify host mapping
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create pool -drives 1:1 1:2 1:3 -raidtype 5 -port 0 -name A1R5
create pool -drives 2:1 2:2 2:3 2:4 2:5 -raidtype 5 -port 1 -name A2R5
global spare -add -slot 2:6
list pool
list drive
create volume -name A1R5:V1 -size 1GB
create volume -name A1R5:V2 -size 1GB.
create volume -name A2R5:V1 -size 4GB
create volume -name A2R5:V2 -size 4GB
list volume
hostlun -map -volume A1R5:V1 -permission rw -wwn 500062B000030D4C -lun 0
hostlun -map -volume A1R5:V1 -permission rw -wwn 500062B000030D4D -lun 0
hostlun -map -volume A1R5:V2 -permission rw -wwn 500062B000030D4C -lun 1
hostlun -map -volume A1R5:V2 -permission rw -wwn 500062B000030D4D -lun 1
hostlun -map -volume A2R5:V1 -permission rw -wwn 500062B00007E0D0 -lun 0
hostlun -map -volume A2R5:V1 -permission rw -wwn 500062B00007E0D1 -lun 0
hostlun -map -volume A2R5:V2 -permission rw -wwn 500062B00007E0D0 -lun 1
hostlun -map -volume A2R5:V2 -permission rw -wwn 500062B00007E0D1 -lun 1
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