Dell 3 - Manual (Page 177)

PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility 175
NOTE: You can press
<F2> to display the
number of drives in the
array, their channel and
ID, and <F3> to display
array information, such
as the stripes, slots, and
free space.
8 Press <F10> to configure a logical drive.
The logical drive configuration screen appears. Span=Yes displays on
this screen if you select two or more arrays to span.
The logical drive that is currently being configured and any existing
logical drives are displayed. The column headings are:
– LD: The logical drive number
– RAID: The RAID level
– Size: The logical drive size
– #Stripes: The number of stripes (physical drives) in the
associated physical array
– StrpSz: The stripe size
– Drive-State: The state of the logical drive
9 Highlight RAID and press <Enter>.
The available RAID levels for the current logical drive appear.
10 Select a RAID level for the logical drive and press <Enter> to
confirm.
See Chapter 3 for an explanation of the RAID levels.
11 Set the spanning mode for the current logical drive. Highlight Span
and press <Enter>.
The choices are: