Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i - Manual (Page 83)

Configuring and Managing RAID
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Setting Up Virtual Disks
This section contains the procedures used to set up a disk group and create
virtual disks. Each of the following procedures are explained individually in this
section in detail.
1 Create the virtual disks and select the virtual disk options.
2 Designate hot spares (optional).
For more information, see "Managing Dedicated Hot Spares" on page 94.
NOTE:
A disk group is deleted when the last virtual disk in the disk group is
deleted.
3 Initialize the virtual disks.
NOTE:
When you use one physical disk group to create multiple virtual disks,
all the virtual disks must be configured with the same RAID level.
When you define the virtual disks, you can set the virtual disk parameters
described in Table 6-2.
• RAID level
• Stripe element size
• Read policy
• Write policy
• Type of initialization
• Hot spare configuration
Switch between two controllers.
Press to display a list of controllers.
Spacebar Press the spacebar to select an item, such as a virtual
disk in the List View, select all the virtual disks
(Mark All), or deselect all the virtual disks (Unmark
All). Press the
spacebar to select
each virtual disk
on which you
want to check
data consistency.
Table 6-1. Menu Navigation Keys (continued)
Notation Meaning and Use Example
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