CLI Guide

Table 101. Details of storage (continued)
-scNumber of spans in a virtual disk (required for multi-span RAID level)
NOTE:
From PERC9 storage controller onwards, if the value of
controller.SupportRAID10UnevenSpans is supported, you can enter only 0 for this
option while creating RAID level 10. The created RAID10 virtual disk displays the spandepth as 1
(default).
For other controllers:
The default value for multi-span RAID levels is 2 and for basic RAID level is 1.
For hybrid RAID levels such as RAID10, RAID50, and RAID60, this option is mandatory.
The value for-sc option can be 0 only for RAID10.
-T10PIEnableCreates a virtual disk with protection information.
-sd <SecureDisk>Set the secure disk to encrypt the VD.
enabledEnable the encryption in VD.
disabledDisable the encryption in VD.
-key <Key id>Specifies the key id.
-passwd <passphrase>Specifies the passphrase.
-newpasswd <passphrase>Specifies the new passphrase.
-assign {yes | no}Assigns or unassigns the disk as a hotspare.
-type { ghs | dhs}Assigns a global or dedicated hotspare.
-vdkey:<VD FQDD>Assigns the dedicated hotspare to the specified virtual disk. This option is
required for dedicated hotspare.
-state <start|stop>start value starts a patrol read operation. stop value stops a running
patrol read operation.
NOTE:
To start the operation, the Controller.PatrolReadMode must be in Manual mode.
The values displayed for properties such as Patrol Read, Check Consistency Rate,
Rebuild Rate, BGI Rate, and Reconstruction Rate are displayed in percentage.
-speedSpecifies the initialization of the Virtual disk.
fastPerforms fast initialization.
fullPerforms slow initialization.
blink: <FQDD> or unblink: <FQDD><FQDD> can be physical disk drives, virtual disks, or
PCIeSSD.
<PCIeSSD FQDD>Specifies the PCIeSSD FQDD.
<PCIeSSD controller|enclosure FQDD>Specifies the PCIeSSD controller or enclosure
FQDD.
preparetoremoveSpecifies the PCIeSSD drive to prepare for removal.
NOTE: Ensure that ISM is installed and running to perform the preparetoremove operation.
cryptographiceraseSpecifies the PCIeSSD, SED (Self encrypting drive) or ISE device to
perform the cryptographic erase operation.
NOTE:
If running this operation on an ISE or SED device, it must not be a part of a RAID volume. If
the device is part of a RAID volume, delete the volume first and then run cryptographicerase.
-mdtype { windows | linux}Specifies the metadata type for the physical disk conversion to
RAID
NOTE: SWRAID only supports mdtype.
-mode—Specifies the PERC key management type.
To view the help details for a configuration command, run the following command:
racadm storage help <command>
where command can take below values
converttoraid, converttononraid, controllers, clearconfig,
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RACADM Subcommand Details