Users Guide

● Initialize: Fast — Updates the metadata on the physical disks so that all the disk space is available for future write
operations. The initialize option can be completed quickly because existing information on the physical disks is not erased,
although future write operations overwrites any information that remains on the physical disks.
● Initialize: Full — All existing data and file systems are erased.
NOTE: The Initialize: Full option is not applicable for PERC H330 controllers.
● Check Consistency — To check the consistency of a virtual disk, select Check Consistency from the corresponding
drop-down menu.
NOTE: Consistency check is not supported on drives set up in RAID0 mode.
● Encrypt Virtual Disk — Encrypts the virtual disk drive. If the controller is encryption capable, you can create, change or
delete the security keys.
NOTE: The Encrypt Virtual Disk option is available only if the virtual disk is created using the Self-Encrypting Drive
(SED) drives.
● Manage Dedicated Hotspares — Assign or unassign a physical disk as a dedicated hot spare. Only the valid dedicated
hot spares are displayed. If there are no valid dedicated hot spares, then this section does not appear in the drop-down
menu.
For more information about these options, see the iDRAC Online Help.
4. From the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to apply the settings.
5. Click Apply.
Based on the selected operation mode, the settings are applied.
The other options are:
RAID Level Migration — Displays the Disk Name, Current RAID Level, and size of the virtual disk. Allows you to select a New
RAID Level. User may have to add additional drives to existing Virtual disks to migrate to new raid level. This feature is not
applicable on RAID 10, 50 and 60.
Managing virtual disks using RACADM
Use the following commands to manage virtual disks:
● To delete virtual disk:
racadm storage deletevd:<VD FQDD>
● To initialize virtual disk:
racadm storage init:<VD FQDD> -speed {fast|full}
● To check consistency of virtual disks (not supported on RAID0):
racadm storage ccheck:<vdisk fqdd>
To cancel the consistency check:
racadm storage cancelcheck: <vdisks fqdd>
● To encrypt virtual disks:
racadm storage encryptvd:<VD FQDD>
● To assign or unassign dedicated hot spares:
racadm storage hotspare:<Physical Disk FQDD> -assign <option> -type dhs -vdkey: <FQDD
of VD>
<option>=yes
Assign hot spare
<Option>=no
Unassign hot spare
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