Usage examples

The usage examples provide typical ways that PRAID can be used to configure the RAID adapter.

Deploy mode examples

PRAID -r -d -y
This example is useful for unattended scripted installations because it does the following:
  • Configures all RAID controllers in the system using default settings.
  • Does not prompt you before setting controllers to factory-default settings.
  • Synchronizes drives without prompting, when required.
PRAID -f:policies.ini -r -v:5 -e1
This example does the following:
  • Configures the RAID controllers in the system by using the policies file: policies.ini
  • Sets the verbose mode to maximum.
  • Returns an error code if there are no matching policies for one or more controllers.

Capture mode examples

PRAID -c -f:policies.ini

This example captures the configuration of all RAID controllers into the policies.ini file.

PRAID -c:m,t -f:policies.ini
This example does the following:
  • Captures the configuration of all RAID controllers into the policies.ini file.
  • Uses the system machine type and RAID controller type as the AppliesTo.1 entry in the policies file for each captured configuration.

Restore-defaults mode examples

PRAID -r -v:0 -y
This example does the following:
  • Restores all RAID controllers to factory default settings.
  • Operates in silent mode; no messages are printed to the screen.
  • Does not prompt you before restoring factory-default settings.