Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6E - Manual (Page 87)

Configuring and Managing RAID
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15 Perform the following steps to select the virtual disk parameters:
a Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the parameters you want
to change.
b Press the down-arrow key to open the parameters and scroll down the
list of settings.
c To change the stripe element size, press <Tab> to highlight Stripe
Element Size.
d Press <Enter> to display the list of stripe element sizes (8 KB, 16 KB,
32 KB, 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1024 KB). Press the
down-arrow key to highlight the desired option and press <Enter>.
The default is 64 KB.
e If you need to change the read policy, press <Tab> to move the cursor
to Read Policy.
f Press <Enter> to display the options (No Read Ahead, Read Ahead,
or Adaptive Read Ahead). Press the down-arrow key to highlight the
desired option and press <Enter>.
g If you need to change the write policy, press <Tab> to move the
cursor to Write Policy.
h Press <Enter> to display the options (Write-Through, Write Back).
Press the down-arrow key to highlight an option and press <Enter>.
i Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Force WB with no battery and
press <Enter>. If you chose Write-Through as the write policy, then
this option is not available.
j Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Initialize and press <Enter>.
CAUTION:
Do not initialize virtual disks when attempting to recreate an existing
configuration.
NOTE:
The initialization performed at this stage is fast initialization.
k Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Configure HotSpare and press
<Enter>.
NOTE:
The hot spare created at this stage is a dedicated hot spare.
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