Adaptec SATA AND SCSI RAID CONTROLLERS Network Card User Manual


 
B-6
ACU for DOS
Array Definition Block Keywords
The array definition block always begins with the keyword
Array
and ends with the keyword
End
. The other required array definition
keywords are Drives and Type. The array definition keywords
are listed in the table below alphabetically.
Keyword
Required
?
Default
Value Description
Array Yes None Indicates the start of an array
definition block. See page B-7).
Drives Yes None Specifies the devices used in
creating the array. See
page B-7).
End Yes None Indicates the end of an array
definition block. See page B-7
for details.
HotspareDrives
No None Specifies the hotspares to
assign to the array. See
page B-8).
InitializeAll
No No Indicates whether to initialize
all the drives connected to the
controller. See page B-8).
Method Yes Build Indicates the method (Build/
Verify, Clear, or Quick Init) to
use when creating a redundant
array (see page B-9.
ReadCache No Yes Indicates whether read
caching is enabled for this
array (see page B-10).
Size No
Maximum
Specifies the size of the array
(see page B-10).
StripeSize No 64
Specifies the size of contiguous
I/O, in bytes (see page B-10).
Type Yes None Indicates the type of array to
create (see page B-9).
Wait No Yes
Indicates whether the ACU
should wait for the new arrays
build/verify or clear to com-
plete before continuing (see
page B-11).
WriteCache No Yes Indicates whether write cach-
ing is enabled for this array
(see page B-11).