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LSI Corporation Confidential

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July 2011

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide

Chapter 5: MegaRAID Command Tool

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Software License Key

5.5.9

Delete Virtual Drives with SSD

Caching

Use the command in the following table to delete one or all virtual drives that have SSD
caching enabled.

5.5.10

Clear Configurations on

CacheCade Pro 2.0 Virtual Drives

Use the command in the following table if the selected controller has any CacheCade
Pro 2.0 virtual drives or if any data exists in the cache and you want to clear all existing
configurations on a controller.

5.5.11

Create a CacheCade Pro 2.0

Virtual Drive with RAID level and Write
Policy

Use the command in the following table to create a CacheCade Pro 2.0 virtual drive
with RAID level and Write Policy settings.

5.6

Software License Key

Use the commands in this section to obtain a software license key to enable the
advanced features present in the controller.

Table 34: Delete Virtual Drives with SSD Caching

Convention

MegaCLI -CfgLdDel -LX|-L0,2,5...|-LALL [-Force]
-aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL

Description

Deletes virtual drives associated with a CacheCade virtual drive, with a write
policy, using the Force option.

[-Force]

Specifies that the data is not flushed before deleting the virtual drive.

Table 35: Clear Configurations on CacheCade Pro 2.0 Virtual Drives

Convention

MegaCLI -cfgclr [-force] -a0

Description

Clears all existing configurations on a controller if the controller has any
CacheCade 2.0 virtual drives or if any data exists in the cache.

[-Force] Specifies that the data is not flushed before deleting the virtual drive.

Table 36: Create a CacheCade Pro 2.0 Virtual Drive with RAID level and Write Policy

Convention

MegaCLI -CfgCacheCadeAdd [-rX] -Physdrv[E0:S0,...]
{-Name LdNamestring} [WT|WB|ForcedWB] [-assign
-LX|L0,2,5..|LALL] -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL

Description

-Physdrv[E0:S0,...]

: Specifies the physical drive enclosure and the

slots to use to construct a drive group.

-Name LdNamestring

: This is the name given to the CacheCade software

cache drive.

[-rX]

: Specifies the RAID level.

[WT|WB|ForcedWB]:

Specifies the write policy- WT (Write Through, WB

(Write Back), ForcedWB (Forced Write Back). While creating a CacheCade
virtual drive, if you specify the ForcedWB parameter, even if the CacheCade
virtual drive goes into a degraded mode, the write policy stays as Write Back.

[-assign]

: Specifies that the virtual drive can be associated with a

CacheCade virtual drive.

Table 37: Software License Key

Convention

MegaCli ELF –GetSafeId –a0

Description

Displays the Safe ID of the controller.

Convention

MegaCli ELF -ControllerFeatures -aN|-a0,1,2|-aALL