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SAS-2 Integrated RAID Configuration Utility (SAS2IRCU) User Guide
November 2012
Commands
The commands are not case sensitive. The individual command descriptions that follow use the following
conventions:
Replace text enclosed in < > with a required parameter, such as a controller number or a volume type.
Replace text enclosed in [ ] with an optional parameter.
Enter parameters enclosed in { } one or more times, as required for the command.
Do not use the command-line definition characters < >, [ ], and { } on the command line.
3.1
Common Command-Line Parameters
This section describes command-line parameters that are common to more than one command.
<controller_#>
The unique controller number that the program assigns to each PCI function found on supported controller chips
in the system, starting with controller # 0. For example, in a system containing two LSISAS2008 controllers,
controller # 0 references the first controller and controller # 1 references the other controller. Use the LIST
command to view a list of controllers connected to the system and the controller number for each controller.
Valid controller number values are 0 to 255 (decimal).
<Enclosure:Bay>
The enclosure and bay (or slot) of a peripheral device attached to the bus. The argument must use a colon ( : ) as a
separator and must follow the Enclosure:Bay format. Enclosure is a 16-bit EnclosureHandle value set by the I/O
controller (IOC). A value of 0 is invalid. Bay/Slot is a 16-bit slot value set by the IOC. Use the DISPLAY command to
determine the enclosure number and slot number of a drive.
3.2
CREATE
The CREATE command creates Integrated RAID volumes on LSI SAS-2 controllers.
When you add a disk to an Integrated RAID volume, the volume might not use all of the disk’s storage capacity. For
example, if you add a 300-GB disk drive to a volume that only uses 200 GB of capacity on each disk drive, the volume
does not use the remaining 100 GB of capacity on the disk drive.
The disk identified by the first Enclosure:Bay on the command line becomes the primary disk drive when you create an
Integrated Mirroring (RAID 1) volume. If the controller resynchronizes the disk drives, the data on the primary disk
drive becomes available when you access the newly created volume.
When the Integrated RAID firmware creates a RAID 1 volume, it starts a background initialization of the volume. Use
the STATUS command to monitor the status of the initialization.
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Table 1 SASIRCU Commands (Continued)
SAS2IRCU
Command
Operating System
DOS
Linux
EFI
Solaris
FreeBSD