Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i - Manual (Page 100)

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Configuring and Managing RAID
Virtual Disk Actions
Table 6-4 describes the actions you can perform on virtual disks. For procedures
you can use to perform these actions, See "Physical Disk Management" on
page 104.
Table 6-4. Virtual Disk Actions
Action Description
Create a new virtual
disk Creates a new virtual disk from one or more physical disks.
You can configure hot spares when you create a virtual disk.
Manage dedicated
hot spares Creates or deletes a hot spare that can be dedicated to a single
redundant virtual disks.
Initialize a virtual
disk Initializes the selected virtual disk. Every virtual disk that is
configured must be initialized. You can perform a fast
initialization or a full initialization.
Check data
consistency on a
virtual disk Verifies the correctness of the redundancy data in the selected
virtual disk. This option is available only if RAID level 1, 5, 6,
10, 50, or 60 is used. The PERC 6 controllers automatically
correct any differences found in the data.
Display or update
virtual disk
parameters Displays the properties of the selected virtual disk. You can
modify the cache write policy, read policy, and the input/output
(I/O) policy from this menu.
Manage preserved
cache Preserves the dirty cache from a virtual disk if it becomes offline
or is deleted. The dirty cache is preserved until you import the
virtual disk or discard the cache.
Delete a virtual disk Deletes the virtual disk and frees up disk space to create
another virtual disk.
Delete a disk group Deletes a disk group, which is a collection of disks from one or
more disk subsystems controlled by management software.
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