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NOTE: When creating a virtual disk on the CERC SATA1.5/2s controller or on a
controller that is in a cluster configuration, you must specify the maximum virtual
disk size.
4 Click Continue to go to the next screen or Exit Wizard if you want to
cancel.
To locate this task in Storage Management:
1 Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2 Expand a controller object.
3 Select the Virtual Disks object.
4 Click Go To Create Virtual Disk Wizard.
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 2 of 2)
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features .
This screen displays the virtual disk attributes and enables you to assign a
dedicated hot spare to the virtual disk.
Do the following:
1
Review the virtual disk attributes displayed in the Summary of Virtual
Disk Attributes
and the Selected Physical Disks sections of the screen.
These sections display the selections you made using Create Virtual Disk
Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2) and the physical disks that the Express
Wizard selected.
If you need to change a selection, click
Go Back To Previous Page to
return to Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2).
NOTE: If a physical disk is receiving a SMART alert, it cannot be used in a virtual
disk. For more information on SMART alerts, see
Monitoring Disk Reliability on RAID
Controllers .
2 Review the Assign Dedicated Hot Spare section. A hot spare is an
unused backup physical disk that can be used to rebuild data from a
redundant virtual disk.
For more information , see Protecting Your Virtual
Disk with a Hot Spare.
Select the
Physical Disk check box if you want to assign a dedicated hot
spare.