Avago Technologies MegaRAID SAS 9240-4i - Manual (Page 33)

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StorCLI Reference Manual
January 2013
Chapter 4: Working with the Storage Command Line Tool
Virtual Drives Commands
If you delete a virtual drive with a valid MBR without erasing the data and then create a new virtual drive using the
same set of physical drives and the same RAID level as the deleted virtual drive, the old unerased MBR still exists at
block0 of the new virtual drive, which makes it a virtual drive with valid user data. Therefore, you must provide the
force
option to delete this newly created virtual drive.
The detailed description for each command follows.
storcli /cx/vx|vall del
This command deletes a particular virtual drive or, when the vall option is used, all the virtual drives on the
controller are deleted.
Input example:
storcli /c0/v2 del
storcli /cx/vx|vall del cachecade
This command deletes a specific CacheCade virtual drive on a controller, or all the CacheCade configuration for
a controller.
Input example:
storcli /c0/vall del cachecade
storcli /cx/vx|vall del force
This command deletes a virtual drive only after the cache flush is completed. With the force option, the command
deletes a virtual drive without waiting for the cache flush to complete.
Input example:
storcli /c0/v2 del force
4.4.3 Virtual Drive Show Commands
The Storage Command Line Tool supports the following virtual drive show commands:
storcli /cx/vx show
storcli /cx/vx show all
The detailed description for each command follows.
NOTE If the virtual drive has user data, you must use the force option to delete the virtual drive.
A virtual drive with a valid master boot record (MBR) and a partition table is considered to contain user data.
NOTE This command deletes virtual drives. Data located on these drives will no longer be accessible.
NOTE This command deletes virtual drives. Data located on these drives will no longer be accessible.
NOTE This command deletes the virtual drive where the operating system is present. Data located on these
drives and the operating system of the drive will no longer be accessible