Viewing virtual disk details, Rescanning disks – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S110 User Manual

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Viewing Virtual Disk Details

1 Power-up the system to start booting.
2 When prompted, press the keys to access the PERC BIOS

Configuration

Utility.

3 At the Main Menu field, select View Virtual Disk Details. Press .
4 Use the arrow keys to choose a virtual disk.
5 Virtual disk information is displayed at the top of the window and in the

Virtual Disks field:
• Virtual disk number
• RAID level
• Size
• Status (

Read Ahead/Write Back, No Read Ahead/Write Back, Read

Ahead/Write Through, No Read Ahead/Write Through)

6 When finished, press to return to the main window.

NOTE:

The Physical Disks field indicates the physical disks that are in the

virtual disk, highlighted by green text.

Rescanning Disks

This option enables you to rescan all channels and detect new or removed

physical disks or virtual disks.

• To perform a rescan, select Rescan Disks from the Main Menu field and

press . (The activity indicator, in the information field at the top

of the window, spins while the physical disks are being pooled).

• The

Rescan Disks option rescans all the channels, searches for new or

removed physical disks, and re-reads the configuration information from

each physical disk.

NOTE:

Sometimes when a physical disk has failed, it can be brought online

through a rescan.

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