Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i - Manual (Page 97)

Configuring and Managing RAID
97
Virtual Disk Management (VD Mgmt)
The Virtual Disk Management screen, VD Mgmt, is the first screen that
displays when you access a RAID controller from the main menu screen on the
BIOS Configuration Utility. In the Tree View, the left panel displays the menus
for the virtual disk management, which are:
• Controller #
• Disk Group #
• Virtual Disks (displayed in descending numerical order)
• Physical Disks (individual physical disks are displayed in
enclosure:slot format)
• Space Allocation (virtual disk size and free space you can use to
create a virtual disk)
• Hot Spares (global and dedicated)
In the Tree View, the right panel displays detailed information for the
selected controllers, disk groups, virtual disks, physical disks, space allocation,
and hot spares, as shown in Table 6-3.
Table 6-3. Information on the Virtual Disk Management Screen
Menu Item Selected
in Left Panel Information That Displays in Right Panel
Controller # Controller Properties:
• Number of disk groups (DG)
• Number of virtuals disks (VD)
• Number of physical disks (PD)
Disk Group # Disk Group # Properties:
• Number of virtuals disks (VD)
• Number of physical disks (PD)
• Space available on the physical disks
• Number of free segments
• Number of dedicated hot spares
Dell_PERC6.1_UG.book Page 97 Wednesday, April 15, 2009 4:18 PM