Typical Procedures - NEC Express 5800 Series User Manual

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An SSA CLI keyword or keyword abbreviation
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A CLI parameter
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A term commonly used in SSA, such as migrate, extend, or cache
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The word shorthand (gives a list of abbreviations for keywords in the CLI)
The help feature of the SSA CLI behaves like a browser search engine in that each item that you add to the
help input string reduces the amount of help output text. For example, help controller produces extensive
information, while help controller remove restricts the help output to information about how the remove
command applies to controllers.

Typical procedures

The following sections describe some common SSA CLI procedures.
Setting the boot controller
This procedure is only available in the offline environment and only applies to booting in Legacy BIOS Boot
Mode.
The boot controller is the first controller that the system examines (after power up) to find a bootable logical
drive or volume. The controller boots from the first logical drive by default. NEC recommends leaving the
default setting in place. This will prevent an error when booting after replacing the boot volume or controller.
To assign a designated boot volume, see
Syntax:
<target> modify [bootcontroller=enable|disable]
where <target> is a controller with a volume that can be set as the boot volume.
Example command:
controller slot=1 modify bootcontroller=enable
Setting the boot volume
CAUTION: Recommends setting the boot volume only in certain scenarios to prevent a system
boot error.
This procedure is only available in the offline environment and only applies to booting in Legacy BIOS Boot
Mode.
The boot volume is the volume that contains the OS and its support files. To work properly, the boot volume
must be accessible by the designated boot controller. See
Scenario: When the bootable volume is assigned Logical Drive 2 and a non-bootable logical drive is assigned
as Logical Drive 1, a boot volume can be set without resulting in system error.
Syntax:
<target> modify [bootvolume=primary|secondary|none]
where <target> is a controller and a logical drive.
Example commands:
controller slot=1 ld 1 modify bootvolume=primary
controller slot=1 ld 2 modify bootvolume=secondary
controller slot=1 ld 1 modify bootvolume=none
"Setting the boot volume."
"Setting the boot controller."
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