Usage examples

Deploy mode examples

PRAID /r /d /y
  • Uses default settings to configure all RAID controllers in the system
  • Does not prompt before setting controllers to factory-default settings
  • When required, performs drive synchronization without prompting
This example is useful for unattended scripted installations.
PRAID /f:policies.ini /r /v:5 /e1
  • Uses the policies file, policies.ini, to configure the RAID controllers in the system
  • Sets the verbose mode to maximum
  • Returns an error code if there were no matching policies for one or more controllers

Capture mode examples

PRAID /c /f:c:\mydata\policies.ini

Captures the configuration of all RAID controllers into the file: C:\mydata\policies.ini.

PRAID /c:m,t /f:policies.ini
  • Captures the configuration of all RAID controllers into the file policies.ini
  • 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
  • Restores all RAID controllers to factory-default settings.
  • Operates in silent mode; no messages are printed to the screen.
  • Does not prompt the user before restoring factory-default settings.