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18 Creating RAID Using Lifecycle Controller
configurations using which you can clear the foreign configurations or retain them as it is while creating a
virtual disk.
2.5 Protocol
Protocol is a technology used for communication between HDDs and RAID controller. You can select any
one of the following options from the Protocol drop-down menu:
 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) – Used for high performance
 Serial ATA (SATA) – Used for cost-effective solutions
2.6 Media Type
The media type is the type of HDDs available in the server. HDD media are of two types:
 Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) – Uses traditional rotational magnetic media for data storage
 Solid State Drives (SSDs) – Flash memory implemented for storage of data
2.7 Encryption Capability
Select one of the following types of encryption capability for the HDD pool. These capabilities are the
encryption type for the HDDs.
 Non-Encryption — HDDs are traditional disks
 Self-Encryption — Self-encryption–capable HDDs
 Both — Includes the HDDs capable of both non-encryption and self-encryption
2.8 Span Length
The span length value refers to the number of HDDs included in each span. Span length applies only to
RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60. This drop-down menu is enabled only if you have selected RAID level 10,
RAID 50, or RAID 60. Else, it is greyed-out.
2.9 Drives Remaining for Current Span
Provides information about the remaining number of physical disk drives in a span, on the basis of the
span length value selected by you. This is applicable only for RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60, which can
not be edited by you.
2.10 Virtual Disk Name
Type a virtual disk name of less than or equal to 32 characters.