User's Manual

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Virtual Disk Specifications
Table 1-6.VirtualDiskSpecificationsforthePERC4/SC,4/DC,4/Di,4e/Si,4e/Di,4e/DC,and4/IMControllers
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Supported RAID Levels
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Rename
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Blink/Unblink
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Reconfigure
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Change Policy
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Split Mirror
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Unmirror
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Delete Last Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Delete (any) Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Check Consistency
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Cancel Check Consistency
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Pause Check Consistency
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Resume Check Consistency
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Cancel Background Initialization (BGI)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Format Virtual Disk
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Cancel Format Virtual Disk
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Restore Dead Disk Segments
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Initialize Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
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Virtual Disk Specification
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PERC
4/SC
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PERC
4/DC
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PERC
4/DI
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PERC
4e/SI
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PERC
4e/DI
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PERC
4e/DC
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PERC
4/IM
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Controller
40
40
40
40
40
40
1
Minimum Virtual Disk Size
100
MB
100
MB
100
MB
100
MB
100
MB
100
MB
Max
Maximum Virtual Disk Size
2TB
2TB
2TB
2TB
2TB
2TB
2TB
Maximum Number of Spans per Virtual Disk
8
8
8
8
8
8
1
Maximum Number of Physical Disks per Span
32
32
32
32
32
32
2
Minimum Stripe Size
2k
2k
2k
2k
2k
2k
NA
Maximum Stripe Size
128k
128k
128k
128k
128k
128k
NA
Maximum Number of Virtual Disks per Disk Group
16
16
16
16
16
16
1
Maximum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be
Concatenated
8
8
8
8
8
8
NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
32
32
32
32
32
32
NA
Maximum Physical Disks in a RAID 1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
32
32
32
32
32
32
NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
16
16
16
16
16
16
NA
Maximum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
256
256
256
256
256
256
NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks that Can Be Concatenated
2
2
2
2
2
2
NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 0
1
1
1
1
1
1
NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 5
3
3
3
3
3
3
NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 10
4
4
4
4
4
4
NA
Minimum Number of Physical Disks in a RAID 50
6
6
6
6
6
6
NA
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Maximum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 6
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
Minimum number of physical disks in a RAID 60
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA