Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S110 - Manual (Page 29)

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Initialization takes 10–15 seconds per physical disk. A status indicator shows
which physical disk is being initialized. When initialization is complete, the
status indicator turns off, and all channels are re-scanned automatically.
CAUTION: If a physical disk has a virtual disk on it, the physical disk cannot be
selected for initialization. To initialize the physical disk anyway, make sure to
delete the virtual disk. Be sure you want to initialize the physical disk, because all
data on it (including PERC S110 configuration information) is deleted.
NOTE: When Non-RAID physical disks are installed in the system, their associated
Non-RAID virtual disks must be deleted in order to use the physical disks with the
PERC S110. Deleting the Non-RAID virtual disks converts the Non-RAID physical
disks to RAID Capable disks and changes their state to Ready.
NOTE: Continue with the next procedure, Creating Virtual Disks.
Creating Virtual Disks
You can create virtual disks after the physical disks are converted to RAID
Capable disks, especially if the virtual disk is a bootable virtual disk for your
system. If you have not decided what RAID level to use, see the RAID
Technology Guide, located on the Dell Support website at
dell.com/support/manuals.
More Information
When creating virtual disks, consider whether or not the virtual disk capacity
needs to be expanded in the future.
For a Microsoft Windows
operating system, format the virtual disks with New
Technology File System (NTFS). Microsoft Corporation provides a utility
(diskpart.exe) that can dynamically extend an NTFS file system onto any
unused adjacent space.
Note also that using a single partition per virtual disk makes expansion much
easier.
NOTE: The diskpart.exe utility version depends on which version of the Windows
operating system is running.
NOTE: The diskpart.exe utility can be found on the CD for some versions of the
Windows operating systems, or on the Microsoft Corporation website
(microsoft.com) for other versions. Use the correct version for your operating
system.
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