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Syncro CS 9271-8i Solution User Guide
October 2013 Chapter 3: Creating the Cluster
Creating Virtual Drives on the Controller Nodes
The following notes explain the command line parameters.
— The /c0 parameter selects the first Syncro CS 9271-8i controller in the system.
— The add vd parameter configures and adds a VD (logical disk).
— The rX parameter selects the RAID level, where X is the level.
— The opening and closing square brackets define the list of drives for the VD. Each drive is listed in the form
enclosure device ID: [slot]drive device ID.
NOTE To create a VD that is visible only to the node that created it (such as
creating a boot volume for this cluster node), add the
[ExclusiveAccess]
parameter to the command line.
For more information about StorCLI command line parameters, refer to the MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide.
3.1.3 Creating Shared or Exclusive VDs with MSM
Follow these steps to create VDs for data storage with MSM. When you create the VDs, you assign the Share Virtual
Drive property to them to make them visible from both controller nodes. This example assumes you are creating a
RAID 5 redundant VD. Modify the instructions as needed for other RAID levels.
NOTE Not all versions of MSM support HA-DAS. Check the release notes to
determine if your version of MSM supports HA-DAS. Also, see Section
5.1 , Verifying HA-DAS Support in Tools and the OS Driver .
1. In the left panel of the MSM Logical pane, right-click the Syncro CS 9271-8i controller and select Create Virtual
Drive from the pop-up menu.
The Create Virtual Drive wizard appears.
2. Select the Advanced option and click Next.
3. In the next wizard screen, select RAID 5 as the RAID level, and select unconfigured drives for the VD, as shown in
the following figure.
Figure 9 Drive Group Settings