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Promise VTrak: Fourth SAS-connected Expansion Chassis Only: Xsan (Data Only) configuration script

This article contains a script used to configure Promise VTrak SAS-connected Expansion Chassis for Xsan. This script is used in the event that a Promise VTrak RAID Controller has already been configured for use with Xsan, and that an Expansion Chassis is being connected to the already-configured RAID Controller.

To create the configuration script, copy the text below beginning with the line "#Begin Copy" to the line "#End Copy" and paste the text into TextEdit, using these guidelines. Once you've created the script, follow the guidelines in this article to import the configuration script.

#Begin Copy # # Promise VTrak E-Class configuration script # # Script Name: Fourth SAS-connected Expansion Chassis: Xsan (Data Only) # # Script Details: builds 3 LUNs from 16 drives (Fourth expansion unit) # in the recommended configuration for use with Xsan 2 # # Script Assumptions: no arrays or logical drives created # (uncomment out array deletion if needed) # script works with either SATA or SAS configurations # # Global controller settings # LUN Affinity: enabled [required] # Adaptive Writeback Cache: enabled [optional] # Host Cache Flushing: disabled [optional] # Forced Read Ahead: enabled [optional] # #ctrl -a mod -i 1 -s "lunaffinity=enable, adaptivewbcache=enable, hostcacheflushing=disable, forcedreadahead=enable" #ctrl -a mod -i 2 -s "lunaffinity=enable, adaptivewbcache=enable, hostcacheflushing=disable, forcedreadahead=enable" # # Delete any existing arrays # Delete array 12 thru 14 # #array -a del -d 12 #array -a del -d 13 #array -a del -d 14 # # Build Data5 LUN # RAID level: 5 # Physical Drives: 65, 66, 69, 70, 73, 74 # Alias: Data9 # Controller Affinity: 1 # Configuration options: Capacity all (default), 64K stripe size (default), # 512 byte sector (default), Read Ahead, Write Back # array -a add -p 65,66,69,70,73,74 -s "alias=Data9" -c 1 -l "alias=Data9, raid=5, readpolicy=readahead, writepolicy=writeback, preferredctrlid=1" # # Build Data6 LUN # RAID level: 5 # Physical Drives: 67, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76 # Alias: Data10 # Controller Affinity: 2 # Configuration options: Capacity all (default), 64K stripe size (default), # 512 byte sector (default), Read Ahead, Write Back # array -a add -p 67,68,71,72,75,76 -s "alias=Data10" -c 1 -l "alias=Data10, raid=5, readpolicy=readahead, writepolicy=writeback, preferredctrlid=2" # # Build Audio/Scratch2 LUN # RAID level: 5 # Physical Drives: 77, 78, 79 # Alias: Scratch5 # Controller Affinity: 2 # Configuration options: Capacity all (default), 64K stripe size (default), # 512 byte sector (default), Read Ahead, Write Back # array -a add -p 77,78,79 -s "alias=Scratch5" -c 1 -l "alias=Scratch5, raid=5, readpolicy=readahead, writepolicy=writeback, preferredctrlid=1" # # Set up global spares # Physical Drives: 80 # Type: Global spares, Revertible # spare -a add -p 80 -t g -r y # # Perform Init on all new LUNs # init -a start -l 12 -q 100 init -a start -l 13 -q 100 init -a start -l 14 -q 100 # END # #End Copy

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