DELL 34XX User Manual

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About The Script Commands
You can use the script commands to configure and manage a storage array. The script commands are 
distinct from the command line interface (CLI) commands; however, you enter the script commands 
using the command line interface. You can enter individual script commands, or run a file of script 
commands. When entering an individual script command, include it as part of a CLI command. When 
running a file of script commands, include the file name as part of a CLI command. The script commands 
are processed by a script engine that performs the following functions:
• Verifies command syntax
• Interprets the commands
• Converts the commands to the appropriate protocol-compliant commands, which is, in turn, run by 
the RAID controller module
• Passes the commands to the storage array
At the storage array, the redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller modules in the storage 
array runs the script commands.
The script engine and script commands support the storage array configuration and management 
operations listed in the following table.
Table 4. Configuration and Management Operations
Operation
Activities
Virtual disk, disk group configuration
Creating, deleting, and setting priority; labeling; 
setting physical disk composition when creating 
virtual disks; setting segment size; and setting 
media scan control
Physical disk configuration
Configuring the hot spare
RAID controller module configuration
Defining virtual disk ownership, changing mode 
settings, defining network settings, and setting host 
port IDs
General storage array configuration
Resetting a configuration to defaults, labeling, 
checking the health status, setting the time of day, 
clearing the Major Event Log, and setting the 
media scan rate
NVSRAM configuration
Downloading and modifying the user configuration 
region at the bit and byte level, displaying 
nonvolatile static random access memory 
(NVSRAM) values
Product identification
Retrieving the enclosure profile display data
Battery management
Setting the battery installation date
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