+of -1 allows the MDS to choose the starting index and it is strongly
+recommended, as this allows space and load balancing to be done by the MDS as
+needed. The
+.B -o
+option is used to specify the exact stripe layout on the file system.
+.I ost_indices
+is a list of OSTs referenced by their indices, which are specified in decimal
+or hex form and can be obtained using the
+.B lfs osts
+command. The list format consists of individual OST indices and index ranges
+separated by commas, e.g. 1,2-4,7. The
+.B -o
+option may be specified multiple times to stripe across the union of all listed
+OSTs. If the
+.B -c
+option is combined with
+.B -o
+the
+.I stripe_count
+must agree with the number of OSTs in
+.IR ost_indices .
+If the
+.B -i
+option is combined with
+.B -o
+the
+.I start_ost_index
+must be in the OST list, and it will be used as the index on which to start
+striping the file. Otherwise the striping will occur in the order specified in
+.IR ost_indices .
+The