Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 5i - Manual (Page 53)

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Table 5-1. Menu Navigation Keys
Notation Meaning and Use Example
Use the right arrow key to open a submenu, move from a menu
heading to the first submenu, or move to the first item in that
submenu. If you press the right arrow key at a menu heading, the
submenu will expand. Press it again to go to the first item in the
submenu. The right arrow key is also used to close a menu list in a
popup window. Word wrap is supported. Start Programs
Use the left arrow key to close a submenu, move from a menu item to
the menu heading for that item, or move from a submenu to a higher
level menu. If you press the left arrow key at a menu heading, the
submenu will collapse. Press it again to go to the higher-level menu.
Word wrap is supported. Controller 0 Disk
Group 1
Use the up arrow key to move to the upper menu items within a menu
or to a higher level menu. You can also use the up arrow key to close a
menu list in a popup window, such as the stripe element size menu.
Word wrap is supported. Virtual Disk 1
Virtual Disk 4
Use the down arrow key to move to the lower menu items within a
menu or to a lower level menu. You can also use the down arrow key to
open a menu list in a popup window, such as the stripe element size
menu, and select a setting. Word wrap is supported. Virtual Disks
Virtual Disk 1
Underlined
letter in a menu
heading on the
menu bar Indicates a shortcut you can use by pressing < underlined
letter>. To use this feature, the menu must be activated. Menu
shortcuts are allowed but cannot be used when a menu is active.
Adapter
Underlined
letter in a menu
item Indicates a shortcut you can use to expand a menu by pressing
<
menu underlined letter>. Pressing again closes the
menu. Menu shortcuts are allowed but cannot be used when a menu is
active.
Virtual Disk 1
< > Key presses are enclosed in angle brackets. , ,
After you highlight a menu item, press to select that item.
This opens an options menu for the menu item. This applies to only
certain menu items, such as Virtual Disk #. In a list of options for that
item, such as the write policy for a virtual disk, highlight a setting, such
as write-through, and press to select it.
In the right frame, you can press to select Tree View or List
View under the View Type heading.
Select Add New VD
and press to
create a new virtual
disk.
After you expand a pop-up window, press to close the window.
You can continue to press to exit the BIOS Configuration
Utility. Press to return
to the VD Mgmt
screen.
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