Users Guide
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table A-23. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, and CERC 6/I Controllers
Virtual Disk Specifications
Table A-24. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, and CERC 6/I Controllers
Physical Disk Task Name
PERC 5/E
PERC 5/I
PERC 6/E
PERC 6/I
CERC 6/I
Blink/Unblink
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Assign and Unassign Global Hot Spare
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Prepare to Remove
No
No
No
No
No
Offline
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Online
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Initialize
No
No
No
No
No
Rebuild
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cancel Rebuild
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Remove Dead Disk Segments
No
No
No
No
No
Format Disk
No
No
No
No
No
Clear
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cancel Clear
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cancel Replace Member
No
No
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
No
Virtual Disk Task Name
PERC 5/E
PERC 5/I
PERC 6/E
PERC 6/I
CERC 6/I
Assign and Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Rename
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blink/Unblink
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Reconfigure
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Change Policy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Split Mirror
No
No
No
No
No
Unmirror
No
No
No
No
No
Delete Last Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Check Consistency
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cancel Check Consistency
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Pause Check Consistency
No
No
No
No
No
Resume Check Consistency
No
No
No
No
No
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Format Virtual Disk
No
No
No
No
No
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
No
No
No
No
No
Restore Dead Disk Segments
No
No
No
No
No
Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
No
No
No
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Replace Member
No
No
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
No
Virtual Disk Specification
PERC 5/E
PERC 5/I
PERC 6/E
PERC 6/I
CERC 6/I
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
64
64
64
64
64
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
100MB
100MB
100MB
100MB
100MB
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
None
None
None
None
None