Dell PERC 4/DC User Manual
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Hot key information appears at the bottom of the screen.
2.
Press the arrow keys to highlight specific physical drives.
3.
Press the spacebar to associate the selected physical drive with the current array.
The selected drive changes from READY to ONLIN A[array number]-[drive number]. For example, ONLIN A02-03 means array 2 with hard drive 3.
4.
Add physical drives to the current array as desired.
5.
Press <Enter> twice after you finish creating the current array.
The Select Configurable Array(s) window appears. It displays the array and array number, such as A-00.
6.
Press the spacebar to select the array.
Span information, such as Span-1, displays in the array box. You can create multiple arrays, then select them to span them.
7.
Press <F10> to configure a logical drive.
The logical drive configuration screen appears. Span=Yes displays on this screen if you select two or more arrays to span.
8.
Highlight RAID and press <Enter> to set the RAID level for the logical drive.
The available RAID levels for the current logical drive appear.
9.
Select a RAID level and press <Enter> to confirm.
10.
Highlight Span and press <Enter>.
11.
Highlight a spanning option and press <Enter>.
12.
Move the cursor to Size and press <Enter> to set the logical drive size.
By default, the logical drive size is set to all available space in the array(s) associated with the current logical drive, accounting for the Span setting.
13.
Highlight Span and press <Enter>.
14.
Highlight a spanning option and press <Enter>.
15.
Open the Advanced Menu to open the menu for logical drive settings.
16.
Set the Stripe Size.
17.
Set the Write Policy.
18.
Set the Read Policy.
19.
Set the Cache Policy.
20.
Press <Esc> to exit the Advanced Menu.
21.
After you define the current logical drive, select Accept and press <Enter>.
If space remains in the arrays, the next logical drive to be configured appears.
22.
Repeat
to create an array and configure another logical drive.
If all array space is used, a list of the existing logical drives appears.
NOTE:
Try to use drives of the same capacity in a specific array. If you use drives with different capacities in an array, all drives in the array are
treated as if they have the capacity of the smallest drive in the array.
NOTE:
You can press <F2> to display the number of drives in the array, their channel and ID, and <F3> to display array information, such as the
stripes, slots, and free space.
NOTE:
The full drive size is used when you span logical drives; you cannot specify a smaller drive size.