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The Setup page is displayed.
2. From the Controller drop-down menu, select a controller.
The physical disks associated with the selected controller are displayed.
3. From the Action Assign to All drop-down box, select the required option (Convert to RAID or Convert to Non-RAID)
for all the disks, or select the option for specific disks from the Action drop-down menu.
4. From the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to apply the settings.
5. Click Apply.
The settings are applied based on the option selected in the operation mode.
Converting physical disks to RAID capable or non-RAID mode using RACADM
Depending on whether you want to convert to RAID or Non-RAID mode, use the following RACADM commands
To convert to RAID mode, use the racadm storage converttoraid command.
To convert to Non-RAID mode, use the racadm storage converttononraid command.
For more information about the commands, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/
esmmanuals.
Managing virtual disks
You can perform the following operations for the virtual disks:
Create
Delete
Edit policies
Initialize
Check consistency
Cancel check consistency
Encrypt virtual disks
Assign or unassign dedicated hot spares
Blink and unblink virtual disks
NOTE:
You can manage and monitor 192 virtual disks if auto-configuration is enabled through PERC controller BIOS, Human
Interface Infrastructure (HII), and Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (OMSA).
Related concepts
Creating virtual disks on page 198
Editing virtual disk cache policies on page 200
Deleting virtual disks on page 200
Checking virtual disk consistency on page 201
Initializing virtual disks on page 201
Encrypting virtual disks on page 202
Assigning or unassigning dedicated hot spares on page 202
Managing virtual disks using web interface on page 202
Managing virtual disks using RACADM on page 203
Creating virtual disks
To implement RAID functions, you must create a virtual disk. A virtual disk refers to storage created by a RAID controller from
one or more physical disks. Although a virtual disk may be created from several physical disks, it is seen by the operating system
as a single disk.
Before creating a virtual disk, you should be familiar with the information in Considerations Before Creating Virtual Disks.
You can create a Virtual Disk using the Physical Disks attached to the PERC controller. To create a Virtual Disk, you must have
the Server Control user privilege. You can create a maximum of 64 virtual drives and a maximum of 16 virtual drives in the same
drive group.
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Managing storage devices