Setting up virtual disks – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller H710 User Manual

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Notation Meaning and Use

Example

down-

arrow

key

Use the down-arrow key to move to the lower menu

items within a menu or to a lower level menu. You

can also use the down-arrow key to open a menu list

in a popup window, such as the stripe element size

menu, and select a setting. Word wrap is supported.

Virtual Disk 1

Virtual Disk 4

<Enter>

After you highlight a menu item, press <Enter> to

select that item. An options menu for the menu item

opens. It applies to only certain menu items, such as

Virtual Disk #. In a list of options for that item, such

as the write policy for a virtual disk, highlight a

setting, such as Write-Through, and press <Enter> to

select it.

Select Add New VD and press <Enter> to create a

new virtual disk.

<Esc>

After you expand a pop-up window, press <Esc> to

close the window. You can continue to press <Esc>

to exit the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl> <R>).

Press <Esc> to return to the VD Mgmt screen.

<Tab>

Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the next control

on a dialog box or page.

Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the next

parameter you want to change.

<Shift>

<Tab>

Press <Shift> <Tab> to move the cursor to the

previous control on a dialog or page.

Press <Shift> <Tab> to move the cursor from Sort By

to the previously selected PD in the PD Mgmt

screen.

<Ctrl>

<N>

Press <Ctrl> <N> to move to the next menu screen

among the main menu screens: VD Mgmt, PD Mgmt,

Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign View.

Press <Ctrl> <N> on the VD Mgmt screen to move to

the PD Mgmt screen.

<Ctrl>

<P>

Press <Ctrl> <P> to move to the previous menu

screen among the main menu screens: VD Mgmt, PD

Mgmt, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign View.

Press <Ctrl> <P> on the PD Mgmt screen to move to

the VD Mgmt screen.

<F1>

Press <F1> to access Help information. The Help

screens display a glossary of topics you can use to

access information about navigation, RAID levels,

and general topics.

<F1>

<F2>

Press <F2> to access the context menu, which

displays the list of options.

<F2>

<F5>

Press <F5> to refresh the information on the screen. <F5>

<F11>

Switch between two controllers.

<F11>

<F12>

Press <F12> to display a list of controllers.

<F12>

Spacebar Press the <spacebar> to select an item.

Press the <spacebar> to select or deselect a

controller setting in the Ctrl Mgmt View.

Setting Up Virtual Disks

You can set up a disk group and create virtual disks using the procedures contained in this section. Each of the following

procedures is explained individually in this section in detail.

To set up virtual disks:

1.

Create the virtual disks and select the virtual disk options.

2.

Designate hot spares (optional).

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