Dell PowerVault MD3260i - Manual (Page 169)

Parameter Description
before writing data on the next physical disk. Valid values
are 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512. For information
about the segmentSize parameter, see Using The Auto
Configure Command.
usageHint The settings for both the cacheReadPrefetch
parameter and the segmentSize parameter should be
the default values. The default values are based on the
typical I/O usage pattern of the application that is using
the virtual disk. Valid values are fileSystem,
dataBase, or multiMedia.
dssPreAllocate The setting to make sure that reserve capacity is allocated
for future segment size increases. The default value is
TRUE.
securityType The setting to specify the security level when creating the
disk groups and all associated virtual disks.
• none—The disk group and virtual disks are not
secure.
• capable—The disk group and virtual disks are
capable of having security set, but security has
not been enabled.
• enabled—The disk group and virtual disks have
security enabled.
For information about securityType, see Security
Type.
Create RAID Virtual Disk (Manual Physical Disk Select)
Description
This command creates a new disk group and virtual disk, and enables you to specify the physical disks for the virtual
disk.
NOTE: You cannot use mixed physical disk types in the same disk group and virtual disk. This command fails if you
specify different types of physical disks for the RAID virtual disk.
Syntax
create virtualDisk physicalDisks
(enclosureID1,drawerID1,slotID1 enclosureID2,slotID2...
enclosureIDn,drawerIDn,slotIDn)
[diskGroupUserLabel=[diskGroupName]]
raidLevel=(0 | 1 | 5 | 6)
userLabel=”virtualDiskName”
[capacity=virtualDiskCapacity
owner=(0 | 1)
cacheReadPrefetch=(TRUE | FALSE)
segmentSize=segmentSizeValue
usageHint=(fileSystem | dataBase | multiMedia)
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