Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 6i - 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), then press the
down arrow key to highlight an option and press <Enter>. The
default is 64 KB.
e Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the Read Policy to change it if
desired.
f Press <Enter> to display the options, No Read Ahead, Read Ahead,
or Adaptive Read Ahead, then press the down arrow key to highlight
an option and press <Enter>.
g Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the Write Policy to change it if
desired.
h Press <Enter> to display the options, Write Through or Write Back,
and then 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>.
NOTICE:
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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