Setting up virtual disks – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H700 User Manual

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Configuring and Managing RAID

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Setting Up Virtual Disks

You can set up a disk group and create virtual disks using the procedures

contained in this section. 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 97.

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.

<Ctrl>

<P>

Press <Ctrl><P> to move to the previous menu

screen among the main menu screens: VD Mgmt, PD

Mgmt, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign View.

Press

<Ctrl><P> on

the PD Mgmt

screen to return

to the VD Mgmt

screen.

<F1>

Press <F1> to access Help information. The Help

screens display a glossary of topics you can use to

access information about navigation, RAID levels,

and general topics.

<F1>

<F2>

Press <F2> to access the context menu, which

displays the list of options.

<F2>

<F5>

Press <F5> to refresh the information on the

screen.

<F5>

<F11>

Switch between two controllers.

<F11>

<F12>

Press <F12> to display a list of controllers.

<F12>

Spacebar

Press the spacebar to select an item.

Press the

<spacebar> to

select or deselect

a controller

setting in the

Ctrl Mgmt View.

Table 6-1. Menu Navigation Keys

(continued)

Notation

Meaning and Use

Example

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