Dell PowerVault MD3200i - Manual (Page 107)

Configuration: Disk Groups and Virtual Disks 107
3 Type the name of the disk group (up to 30 characters) in Disk group name.
4 Select the appropriate Physical Disk selection choices, you can select:
• Automatic, see step 6
• Manual, see step 9
5 Click Next.
6 For Automatic configuration, the RAID Level and Capacity window is
displayed.
7 Select the appropriate RAID level in Select RAID level. You can select
RAID levels 0, 1/10, 6, and 5.
Depending on your RAID level selection, the physical disks available for
the selected RAID level is displayed in Select capacity table.
8 In the Select Capacity table, select the relevant disk group capacity, and
click Finish.
9 For Manual configuration, the Manual Physical Disk Selection window is
displayed.
10 Select the appropriate RAID level in Select RAID level. You can select
RAID levels 0, 1/10, 6, and 5.
Depending on your RAID level selection, the physical disks available for
the selected RAID level is displayed in Unselected physical disks table.
11 In the Unselected physical disks table, select the appropriate physical
disks and click Add.
NOTE: You can select multiple physical disks at the same time by holding
or and selecting additional physical disks.
12 To view the capacity of the new disk group, click Calculate Capacity.
13 Click Finish.
A message prompts you that the disk group is successfully created and that
you must create at least one virtual disk before you can use the capacity of
the new disk group. For more information on creating virtual disks, see
"Creating Virtual Disks" on page 108.
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