Users Guide
Supported RAID Levels
Table A-33. RAID Levels Supported by the SAS 5/iR and SAS 6/iR Controllers
Virtual Disk Specifications
Table A-34. Virtual Disk Specifications for the SAS 5/iR and SAS 6/iR Controllers
Create Virtual Disk
No
Yes
Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard
No
Yes
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
No
No
Rename
No
No
Blink/Unblink
Yes
Yes
Reconfigure
No
No
Change Policy
No
No
Split Mirror
No
No
Unmirror
No
No
Delete Last Virtual Disk
No
Yes
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
No
Yes
Check Consistency
No
No
Cancel Check Consistency
No
No
Pause Check Consistency
No
No
Resume Check Consistency
No
No
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
No
No
Format Virtual Disk
No
No
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
No
No
Restore Dead Disk Segments
No
No
Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
RAID Level
SAS 5/IR
SAS 6/iR
RAID 0
Yes
Yes
RAID 1
Yes
Yes
Virtual Disk Specification
SAS 5/IR
SAS 6/iR
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
2
2
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
Max
Max
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
2TB
None
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
1
1
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
4
10
Minimum Stripe Size
64k
64k
Maximum Stripe Size
64k
64k
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group
1
1
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
NA
NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
4
8
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
2
2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
NA
NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
NA
NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
NA
NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
NA
NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
2
2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
2
2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
NA
NA