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Controller management, Virtual disk management – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S110 User Manual

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Controller Management

The Controller Management menu can be used to perform the following

controller-level functions. Each of these functions is its own selectable menu

option.

View Controller Information: To display information about the controller.

Change Controller Properties: To update controller properties and/or

restore factory defaults for the controller:

a

Set Bootable Device

b

Enable BIOS Stop On Error

Convert to Non-RAID Disk: To convert the RAID Capable physical disks

to Non-RAID physical disks.

Convert to RAID Capable Disk: To convert the physical disks to RAID

Capable physical disks.

Rescan Disks: To rescan the physical disks to detect and display new or

removed physical disks or virtual disks.

NOTE:

The help text for all of the options can be viewed by clicking Help on the top

right-hand corner of the browser screen. Help text for individual option menus can

also be viewed by simply scrolling down on each option.

Virtual Disk Management

The Virtual Disk Management menu can be used to create and manage

virtual disks on the controller. The following functions can be performed

under Virtual Disk Management. Each of these functions is its own selectable

menu option.

Create Virtual Disk: To create a virtual disk by selecting the RAID level,

physical disks, and virtual disk parameters.

Manage Virtual Disk Properties: To display and manage virtual disk

properties, view associated physical disks and manage dedicated hot

spares.

Select Virtual Disk Operations: To select and execute a delete virtual disk

operation.

View Virtual Disk Properties: To display virtual disk properties, including

cache policies, for a selected virtual disk and list the associated physical

disks.

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