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| Property | Description |
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| X - disabled | Disabled device |
| E - empty | Empty slot |
| B - BLOCK-DEVICE | The "B - BLOCK-DEVICE"- Flag means that this device works using blocks for input/output operations. In the context of RouterOS, its distinction is crucial, as it helps determine whether a device is functioning as a data carrier or simply providing information about the disk layout structure. This difference becomes important when considering the extender with the device behind it. If a device is marked with the letter "B", this indicates its ability to be used as storage or memory. In contrast, devices that do not have a "B" mark are designed primarily to understand the structure of the disk. This allows to quickly recognize the presence of a PCIe or SAS expander, as well as detect the presence of drives in the first expander. In addition, it allows you to estimate the speed of the connection to which each device is connected. However, the most notable benefit of the "B" flag is its ability to instantly indicate whether a device can be formatted or used for RAID purposes. |
| M - mounted | Mounted partition |
| F - formatting | The device is currently in the formatting process |
| p - partition | The device has a partition |
| f - raid-member-failed | These options are used with the ROSE package. |
| r - raid-member | |
| c - encrypted | |
| g - guid-partition-table | |
| t - nvme-tcp-export | |
| i - iscsi-export | |
| s - smb-export | |
| n - nfs-export | |
| O - tcg-opal-self-encryption-enabled | |
| o - tcg-opal-self-encryption-supported |
Settings
| auto-smb-sharing | Enables dynamic SMB shares when new disk/partition item is added in "/disk" |
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| auto-smb-user | Default value for smb-sharing/smb-user setting, when new disk/partition item is added in "/disk" |
| auto-media-share | Enables media dynamically when new disk/partition item is added in "/disk" |
| auto-media-interface | Interface that will be used in dynamic instance for ip/media when new disk/partition item is added in "/disk" |
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With "auto-smb-sharing=yes" and "/ip smb share enabled=auto" SMB server gets enabled when a storage device is physically plugged in |
Examples
Formatting attached storage unit - Simple
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