DELL 34XX User Manual

Sample Script Files

This appendix provides sample scripts for configuring a storage array. These examples show how the
script commands appear in a complete script file. You can copy these scripts and modify them to create
a configuration unique to your storage array.

Create a script file in two ways:

• Use the save storageArray configuration command
• Write a script

By using the save storageArray configuration command, you can create a file to use to copy an
existing configuration from one storage array to other storage arrays. You can also use this file to restore
an existing configuration that has become corrupted. You can also copy an existing file to serve as a
pattern from which you create a new script file by modifying portions of the original file. The default file
extension is .scr.

Create a new script file using a text editor, such as Microsoft Notepad. The maximum line length is 256
characters. The command syntax must conform to the guidelines in Usage Guidelines and the rules in
Command Formatting Rules. When creating a new script file, use any file name and extension that runs
on the host operating system.

To run a script file from the command line, enter the following text:
client>smcli 123.45.67.89 -f scriptfile.scr;

Configuration Script Example 1

This example creates a new virtual disk using the create virtualDisk command in the free space of a
disk group.
Show "Create RAID 5 Virtual Disk 7 on existing Disk Group 1";

//Create virtual disk on a disk group created by

the create virtual disk command

//Note: For disk groups that use all available

capacity, the last virtual disk on the disk group

is created using all remaining capacity by

omitting the capacity=virtualDiskCapacity parameter

create virtualDisk diskGroup=1 raidLevel=5

userLabel="7" owner=0 segmentSize=16 capacity=2GB;

show "Setting additional attributes for virtualDisk 7";

//Configuration settings that cannot be set during

virtualDisk creation

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