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Selecting a RAID controller

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Selecting RAID levels

Selecting physical disks

Setting virtual disk attributes

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Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller

Make sure that the controller is encrypted with a local key. For more information on encrypting with a local key, see Key Encryption.

To create a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller:

1 Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.

2 In the left pane, click Hardware Conguration.

3 In the right pane, click Conguration Wizards.

4 Under Storage Conguration Wizards, click RAID Conguration to launch the wizard.

The View Current RAID Conguration and Select Controller page is displayed along with the information on whether the displayed

virtual disk is secure.

5 Select a security capable controller and click Next.

If the non-RAID disks are attached to the selected controller, select the non-RAID physical disk-drives, and then click Next to initialize

them. Else, the Select RAID Level page is displayed.

NOTE

: During initialization, all the data on the non-RAID disk drives are deleted.

6 Select the RAID level and click Next.

The Select Physical Disks page is displayed.

NOTE

: Create boot virtual disks only from disk drives populated across slots 0–3 of the system. For slot information,

see the system Owner’s Manual.

7 From the Encryption Capability drop-down menu, select Self-encryption.

The self-encryption disks (SEDs) are displayed.

8 Select the SEDs and specify the properties, and then click Next.

The Virtual Disk Attributes page is displayed.

9 Select the virtual disk parameters, select the Secure Virtual Disk option, and click Next.

The Summary page is displayed.

10 To apply the RAID conguration, click Finish.