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Write Policy will be set to Write Back with Bad BBU (2 and 'write-policy\:2')
New virtual drive will have the following characteristics:
- Spans: '[6.7]'
- RAID level: '1'
- Name: 'test_v_drive'
- Size: 1000 MB
- Write Policy: Write Back with Bad BBU
OK? (y or n)--> y
Server /chassis/storageadapter # show virtual-drive
Virtual Drive Health Status Name Size RAID Level
Boot Drive
------------- -------------- -------------------- ---------------- ---------- ----------
----------
0 Good Optimal 150528 MB RAID 0
false
1 Good Optimal 20480 MB RAID 0
true
2 Good Optimal 114140 MB RAID 0
false
3 Good Optimal test_v_drive 1000 MB RAID 1
false
4 Good Optimal new_from_test 500 MB RAID 1
false
Server /chassis/storageadapter #
Create Virtual Drive from an Existing Drive Group
Before You Begin
You must log in with admin privileges to perform this task.
Procedure
PurposeCommand or Action
Enters the chassis command mode.Server# scope chassis
Step 1
Enters command mode for an installed storage card.Server /chassis # scope
storageadapter slot
Step 2
At this point, you are prompted to enter information
corresponding to the virtual drives to be used, and the size
Server /chassis/storageadapter #
carve-virtual-drive
Step 3
and the write policy for the new virtual drive. Enter the
appropriate information at each prompt.
When you have finished specifying the virtual drive
information, you are prompted to confirm that the
information is correct. Enter y (yes) to confirm, or n (no)
to cancel the operation.
Displays the existing virtual drives.Server /chassis/storageadapter #
show virtual-drive
Step 4
This example shows how to carve a new virtual drive out of unused space in an existing RAID 1 drive group:
Server# scope chassis
Server /chassis # scope storageadapter SLOT-3
Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide, Release 1.5
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Managing Network Adapters
Create Virtual Drive from an Existing Drive Group