Dell Serial Attached SCSI 5iR Integrated and Adapter - Manual (Page 33)

SAS 5/iR BIOS 31
Exit Screen
It is important to exit the SAS BIOS Configuration Utility properly, because some changes take effect
only when you exit. From the Adapter List, press <Esc> to exit. In addition, a similar exit screen
appears when you exit most other screens, and it can be used to save settings.
Performing Configuration Tasks
Creating an Integrated Striping Virtual Disk
An Integrated Striping (IS) virtual disk, also referred to as RAID 0, offers the ability to stripe data across
multiple physical disks. This can increase storage capacity and performance by combining multiple disks
into one logical virtual disk. Follow these steps to create an IS virtual disk on a SAS 5/iR controller that
does not currently have a virtual disk configured.
1 Select a controller from the Adapter List in the Configuration Utility.
2 Select the RAID Properties option.
Table 5-3. Manage Virtual Disk Field Descriptions
Field Description
Identifier The identifier of the virtual disk
Type The RAID type of the virtual disk
Scan Order The scan order of the virtual disk
Size (MB) The size of the virtual disk
Status The status of the virtual disk
Synchronize Mirror This option is used to synchronize the IM virtual disk.
This option is not accessible under the following conditions:
• The virtual disk is inactive.
• The virtual disk does not need to be resynchronized.
• IS virtual disk is used.
Manage Secondary Disk This option is used to add a secondary drive to a degraded IM virtual disk with a
missing member.
This option is not accessible under the following conditions:
• The virtual disk is inactive.
• The virtual disk is not a degraded IM virtual disk with a missing member.
• IS virtual disk is used.
Activate Mirror This option is used to activate an inactive (foreign) virtual disk. The option is
grayed out if there are no inactive virtual disks.
Delete Virtual Disk This option is used to delete the currently displayed virtual disk
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