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Table 4. Server settings
Options Description
Hardware Settings
Target Boot Device Specifies the target boot device. The options available are — Boot from
SAN (FC), Local Hard Drive Boot From SAN (iSCSI), None, None (With
RAID Configuration), SD with RAID enabled, and SD with RAID disabled.
NOTE: The SD with RAID enabled option allows you to boot from
the SD and then proceed with creating the RAID virtual disks.
RAID You can configure RAID using this feature. The following options are
available to configure RAID Level:
• Basic RAID Level
• Advanced RAID Configuration
Basic RAID Level: Select Basic RAID Level option, and then select RAID
level from the Basic RAID Level drop-down menu.
ASM supports external and internal RAID controllers using the Advanced
RAID Configuration feature.
Advanced RAID Configuration: If you select Advanced RAID
Configuration, You get two buttons Add Internal Virtual Disks, Add
External Virtual Disk. There are 4 settings under Add Internal Virtual
Disks, Add External Virtual Disk:
• Virtual Disk: Lists the ID number of the virtual disk.
• RAID Level: Select RAID level from the drop-down menu.
• # of Disks: Select number of disks according to the selected RAID
level. You may specify "Minimum" or "Exactly" to determine whether
ASM should create the virtual disk with the exact number of drives or
use as many drives as available.
NOTE: If the number of selected disks is not correct for the
chosen RAID level, template validation does not allow you to
proceed further.
• Disk Type: Select disk type from the drop-down menu. You can
select Any Available, Require HDD, or Require SDD to specify the
type of drives to be selected for the virtual disk. A virtual disk cannot
be created with a mix of SSD and HDD.
There is feature, Enable Global Hotspares. This option is available for
both Add Internal Virtual Disk and Add External Virtual Disk. By using
this feature, you can specify number of hot spares you want to set for
disk.
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