Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6E - Manual (Page 7)

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6 Configuring and Managing RAID . . . . . . . 77
Dell OpenManage Storage Management . . . . . . . . 77
Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
RAID Configuration Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
BIOS Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility . . . . . . . 79
Exiting the Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Menu Navigation Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting Up Virtual Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Virtual Disk Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Creating Virtual Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Initializing Virtual Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Checking Data Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Importing or Clearing Foreign Configurations
Using the VD Mgmt Menu
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Importing or Clearing Foreign
Configurations Using the Foreign
Configuration View Screen
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Managing Preserved Cache . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Managing Dedicated Hot Spares . . . . . . . . . . 94
Deleting Virtual Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Deleting Disk Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Resetting the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options . . . . . . 96
Physical Disk Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Setting LED Blinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Creating Global Hot Spares . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Removing Global or Dedicated Hot Spares . . . . 106
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