Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 5i User Manual

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RAID Configuration and Management

Table 5-1.

Menu Navigation Keys

Notation

Meaning and Use

Example

Use the right arrow key to open a submenu, move from a menu
heading to the first submenu, or move to the first item in that
submenu. If you press the right arrow key at a menu heading, the
submenu will expand. Press it again to go to the first item in the
submenu. The right arrow key is also used to close a menu list in a
popup window. Word wrap is supported.

Start

Programs

Use the left arrow key to close a submenu, move from a menu item to
the menu heading for that item, or move from a submenu to a higher
level menu. If you press the left arrow key at a menu heading, the
submenu will collapse. Press it again to go to the higher-level menu.
Word wrap is supported.

Controller 0

Disk

Group 1

Use the up arrow key to move to the upper menu items within a menu
or to a higher level menu. You can also use the up arrow key to close a
menu list in a popup window, such as the stripe element size menu.
Word wrap is supported.

Virtual Disk 1

Virtual Disk 4

Use the down arrow key to move to the lower menu items within a
menu or to a lower level menu. You can also use the down arrow key to
open a menu list in a popup window, such as the stripe element size
menu, and select a setting. Word wrap is supported.

Virtual Disks

Virtual Disk 1

Underlined
letter in a menu
heading on the
menu bar

Indicates a shortcut you can use by pressing <Alt><

underlined

letter>. To use this feature, the menu must be activated. Menu
shortcuts are allowed but cannot be used when a menu is active.

Adapter

Underlined
letter in a menu
item

Indicates a shortcut you can use to expand a menu by pressing
<Alt><

menu underlined letter>. Pressing <Alt> again closes the

menu. Menu shortcuts are allowed but cannot be used when a menu is
active.

Virtual Disk 1

< >

Key presses are enclosed in angle brackets.

<Enter>

After you highlight a menu item, press <Enter> to select that item.
This opens an options menu for the menu item. This applies to only
certain menu items, such as Virtual Disk #. In a list of options for that
item, such as the write policy for a virtual disk, highlight a setting, such
as write-through, and press <Enter> to select it.

In the right frame, you can press <Enter> to select Tree View or List
View under the View Type heading.

Select Add New VD
and press <Enter> to
create a new virtual
disk.

<Esc>

After you expand a pop-up window, press <Esc> to close the window.
You can continue to press <Esc> to exit the BIOS Configuration
Utility.

Press <Esc> to return
to the VD Mgmt
screen.

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