POST – Create a Volume
Use the POST method to initialize volume.
Request URL
POST https://<BMC_IPADDR>/redfish/v1/Systems/1/Storage/{StorageId}/Volumes
Request body
Field | Type | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Name Note 1 | String | The new name with at most 15 characters. | ||
RAIDType Note 1 | String | RAID TYPEs that the RAID controller and current env support. | ||
CapacityBytes Note 2 | String | At least 1048576. | ||
ReadCachePolicy | String | “Off” or “ReadAhead” | ||
WriteCachePolicy | String | “WriteThrough”, “UnprotectedWriteBack” or “ProtectedWriteBack” | ||
Oem/Lenovo/IOPolicy | String | “DirectIO” or “CachedIO” | ||
Oem/Lenovo/AccessPolicy | String | “ReadWrite”, “ReadOnly” or “Blocked” | ||
Oem/Lenovo/DriveCachePolicy | String | “Unchanged”, “Disable” or “Enable” | ||
StripSizeBytes | Number | The number of blocks (bytes) in a strip in a disk array that uses striped data mapping. Note If the storage is 7mm or M.2, this object will be hidden. | ||
Links | Object | Expanded. | ||
Drives | Array | An array of references to the drives that are used to create the volume. | ||
Note 1: This property is mandatory and should not be an empty string when creating a volume.
Note 2: It will be converted to a unit of megabyte at backend, so the property in GET operation may be different with the input value in POST operation. The minimum of the value is 1048576 (1MB = 1024 * 1024).
Response
The response returns the created volumes information.
Status code
| HTTP Status Code | Error Message ID |
|---|---|
| 201 | Created |
| 500 | InternalError |