Owner's Manual

Using Dell Lifecycle Controller Integration 41

Using The Array Builder

The Array Builder allows you to define arrays and disk sets with all available

RAID settings, logical drives or virtual disks of varying sizes or use all available

space, and assign hot spares to individual arrays or assign global hot spares to

the controller.

When a controller is created, a default variable condition, array and disk(s)

are created to ensure a valid configuration. You can choose to leave the

controller un-configured with disks set to non-RAID, or you can add arrays or

perform other actions.

Defining Rules With The Array Builder

You can define rules to match configurations based on the following:

• Detected slot number that the controller is in or just the embedded

controller, if any.

• Number of disks that are attached to the controller.

• Apply a blanket configuration to any controller the

Array Builder

finds.

You can also apply configuration rules based on the RAID profiles detected on

the server. This allows you to define different configurations to different

servers even if the detected hardware is identical.

Creating A RAID Profile Using Array Builder

To create a RAID Profile:

Launch the

System Viewer

utility, click

RAID Configuration



Create

RAID Profile.

When you launch the

Array Builder

a default embedded controller is

created.

Enter the configuration rule name in the

Configuration rule name

field.

Select the

Error handling rule

from the drop-down menu. You can choose

from:

•

Fail the task if any controller does not match a configuration rule

—

Reports a failure if any of the detected controllers are not configurable

by a rule.

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