Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H700 - Manual (Page 88)

88 Configuring and Managing RAID
Virtual Disk Management
Creating Virtual Disks
NOTE: Combining SAS and SATA hard drives within a virtual disk is not supported.
Also, combining hard drives and SSDs within a virtual disk is not supported.
NOTE: To create secured virtual disks, see "Security Key and RAID Management"
on page 121.
Perform the following steps to create a virtual disk:
1 During host system bootup, press <Ctrl><R> when the BIOS screen
is displayed.
The
Virtual Disk Management screen is displayed. If there is more than
one controller, the main menu screen is displayed. Select a controller, and
press <Enter>. The Virtual Disk Management screen is displayed for the
selected controller.
2 Use the arrow keys to highlight Controller # or Disk Group #.
3 Press <F2>
The list of available actions is displayed.
4 Select Create New VD and press <Enter>.
The Create New VD screen is displayed. The cursor is on the RAID Levels
option.
When adding a virtual disk to a Disk Group, the
Add VD in Disk Group
screen is displayed. Skip to step 11 to change the basic settings of the
virtual disk.
5 Press <Enter> to display the possible RAID levels, based on the physical
disks available.
6 Press the down-arrow key to select a RAID level and press <Enter>.
7 When creating a spanned virtual disk (RAID 10, 50 or 60), enter the
number of physical disks per span in the PD per Span field and press
<Enter>.
NOTE: Creating a 22 physical disk RAID 10 virtual disk is possible by selecting
RAID 10 and populating the PD per Span field with 22 .
8 Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the list of physical disks.
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