Avago Technologies LSI SAS 3041E-R - Manual (Page 105)

CFGGEN Commands 6-7
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Parameters –
•
– Number of the SAS controller targeted by this
command.
Note: (Linux version only) If you specify SAS instead of
controller # in the command line, CFGGEN will configure all
SAS controllers in the system.
•
– Volume type for the volume to be created. Valid
values are IM, IME and IS.
•
– Size of the RAID volume in Mbytes, or MAX for the
maximum size available.
•
[qsync] – If this optional parameter is specified, the new volume is
synchronized quickly. If the volume type is IME or IS, a quick
synchronization is always performed even if this option is not
specified. A quick synchronization means that the first 32 Kbytes of
the drives in the volume are cleared to 0.
•
noprompt – Suppresses display of warnings and prompts.
Program Return Value –
0x00 SUCCESS: Command completed successfully.
0x01 FAILURE: Bad command line arguments or operational failure.
0x02 ADAPTER_NOT_FOUND: Specified adapter cannot be found.
6.3.3 CREATE Command
The CREATE command creates IM, IME, and IS volumes on the
LSI53C1020/1030 and SAS1064/1064E and SAS1068/1068E
controllers. The firmware and hardware limitations for these controllers
determine the number of configurations that can be created.
When a disk drive is added to an IM, IME, or IS volume, its entire storage
capacity may or may not be used, depending on drive capacity and
volume capacity. Any unused capacity is not accessible for other
purposes. For example, if you add a 36 Gbyte disk drive to a volume that
only uses 9 Gbytes of capacity on each disk drive, the remaining
27 Gbytes of capacity on the disk drive is unusable.
The disk identified by the first SCSI ID on the command line is assigned
as the primary disk drive when an IM volume is created. If the controller