User's Manual
Virtual Disk Tasks
Table A-5. 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-6. Virtual Disk Specifications for the PERC 5/E, PERC 5/i, PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, and CERC 6/I Controllers
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
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
8
8
8
8
8
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
32
32
32
32
32
Minimum Stripe Size
8k
8k
8k
8k
8k
Maximum Stripe Size
128k
128k
1MB
1MB
1MB
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Physical Disk
16
16
16
16
16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
32
32
32
32
32
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
2
2
2
2
2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
32
32
32
32
32
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
16
16
256
For SAS controllers with firmware version 6.1
16
16
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
256
256
256
256
256
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
1
1
1
1
1
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
2
2
2
2
2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
3
3
3
3
3
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
4
4
4
4
4
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
6
6
6
6
6
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
Not Applicable
Not Applicable
32
32
32