Administering IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition

Physical disk procedures
This topic describes the various procedures that you can perform for the maintenance of disks.
Virtual disk procedures
The mmvdisk command can be used to manage the IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition storage. There are commands for listing individual or groups of virtual disks (vdisks), and for defining, creating and deleting groups of virtual disks (vdisk sets).
Node procedures
This topic describes various procedures that can be done on a node to accomplish various tasks.
Firmware updates
In the IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition, it is the customer’s responsibility to ensure that the firmware and operating system software are kept current. The procedures below are meant as a model, but exact procedures may vary depending on your hardware configuration.
Volatile write cache detection
IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition now has the ability to test if volatile write caching mode is enabled on the physical disks.