Users Guide

Options Description

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.

NOTE: ASM supports MD1400 and manages MD1400DAS through

second RAID Controller. ASM provides the ability to configure a

second RAID controller to support the MD 1400 external storage

array. In order to support this, you must have a second PERC device

in your system. It is recommended to use the PERC H830 storage

controller with the MD 1400.

Server Pool Specifies the pool from which servers are selected for the deployment.

BIOS Settings

System Profile Select the system power and performance profile for the server.

User Accessible USB Ports Enables or disables the user accessible USB ports.

Number of Cores per

Processor

Specifies the number of enabled cores per processor.