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The owner parameter defines the RAID controller module to which you want to assign the virtual disk. If
you do not specify a RAID controller module, the RAID controller module firmware determines the owner
of the virtual disk.
The segmentSize parameter is the same as described for the autoConfigure storageArray
command. See Using The Auto Configure Command.
The enclosureLossProtect parameter turns on or turns off enclosure loss protection for the disk
group. (For a description of how enclosure loss protection works, see Enclosure Loss Protection.
Example Of Creating Virtual Disks With User-Assigned Physical Disks
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create virtualDisk
physicalDisks=(0,0 0,1 0,2) raidLevel=5 userLabel=
\"Engineering_1\" capacity=20 GB owner=0;"
NOTE: The capacity parameter returns an error if you specify a value greater than or equal to 10
without a space separating the numeric value and its unit of measure. (For example, 10 GB returns
an error, but 10 GB does not return an error).
The command in this example automatically creates a new disk group and a virtual disk with the name
Engineering_1. The disk group has a RAID level of 5 (RAID 5). The command uses three physical disks to
construct the disk group. The virtual disk created has a capacity of 20 GB. If each physical disk has a
capacity of 73 GB, the total capacity of the disk group is 219 GB.
Because only 20 GB are assigned to the virtual disk, 199 GB remain available for other virtual disks that
you can later add to this disk group. The segment size for each virtual disk is 64 KB. Hot spares have not
been created for this new disk group. You must create hot spares after running this command.
Creating Virtual Disks With Software-Assigned Physical Disks
You can let the MD Storage Manager software assign the physical disks when you create the virtual disk.
To have the software assign the physical disks, you need only specify the number of physical disks to use.
The MD Storage Manager software then chooses the physical disks on which the virtual disk is created.
The RAID controller module firmware assigns a disk group number to the new disk group. The following
syntax is the general form for the command:
create virtualDisk physicalDiskCount=
numberOfPhysicalDisks raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)
userLabel="virtualDiskName" [physicalDiskType=
(SAS)] [capacity=virtualDiskCapacity | owner=(0 |
1) | segmentSize=segmentSizeValue]
[enclosureLossProtect=(TRUE | FALSE)])
NOTE: The physicalDiskType, capacity, owner, segmentSize, and enclosureLossProtect
parameters are optional. You can use one or all of the optional parameters as needed to help define
your configuration. You do not, however, need to use any optional parameters.
This command is similar to the previous create virtualDisk command, which allows the user to
assign the physical disks. This version of the command requires only the number and the type of physical
disks to use in the disk group. You do not need to enter a list of physical disks. All other parameters are
the same. Enclosure loss protection is performed differently when MD Storage Manager assigns the
physical disks as opposed to when a user assigns the physical disks. (For an explanation of the difference,
see Enclosure Loss Protection.)
Example Of Creating Virtual Disks With Software-Assigned Physical Disks
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -c "create virtualDisk
physicalDiskCount=3 raidLevel=5 userLabel=
\"Engineering_1"\ capacity=20 GB owner=0
segmentSize=64;"
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