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| Property | Description |
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| eject-drive (Integer; Default: ) | Safely unmounts (ejects) drive of your selection by using drive ID or NAME that is assigned to it. After issuing this command it can be removed from host device. If drive is sata/etc on x86, device must be previously also shut down or hot-plug for SATA interfaces. |
| format-drive () | Command to initiate disk formatting process. Contains additional properties of its own. Such as "file-system" and "label".
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| reset-counters | resets disk (slot) statistics |
Flags
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| 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
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| auto-smb-sharing (yes | no; Default: no) | Enables dynamic SMB shares when new disk/partition item is added in "/disk" |
| auto-smb-user (list of strings; Default: ) | Default value for smb-sharing/smb-user setting, when new disk/partition item is added in "/disk" |
| auto-media-share (yes | no; Default: no) | Enables media dynamically when new disk/partition item is added in "/disk" |
| auto-media-interface (list of strings; Default: ) | 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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[admin@MikroTik] > /disk format-drive usb1 file-system=ext4 label=usb-flash mbr-partition-table=yes formatted: 100% |
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Note: In printout, you can see that there is a progress percentage counter in formatting process. For larger storage drives, it might take longer for this process to finish, so be patient. |
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