User's Manual

Virtual Disks 245
Connector 0
The Connector section of the screen displays the controller's connectors and
the disks attached to each connector. Select the disks to be included in the
virtual disk. In this example, the controller has a single connector with five
disks.
• Physical disk 0:0
• Physical disk 0:1
• Physical disk 0:2
• Physical disk 0:3
• Physical disk 0:4
Physical Disks Selected
The Physical Disks Selected section of the screen displays the disks you have
chosen. In this example, two disks are selected.
• Physical disk 0:0
• Physical disk 0:1
Each RAID level has specific requirements for the number of disks that must
be selected. RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 also have requirements for how
many disks must be included in each stripe or span.
If the controller is a SAS controller with firmware versions 6.1 and later and
you selected RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60, the user interface displays the
following:
• Select All Disks check box—Enables you to select all the physical disks in
all the enclosures.
•
Enclosure check box—Enables you to select all physical disks in the
enclosure.
NOTE: The Select All and Enclosure check boxes enable you to edit spans
after selecting the physical disks that comprise them. You can remove a span
and re-specify a span with different physical disks before proceeding.
• Select Number of Disks per Span —Enables you to select the number of
disks in each span (default =2). This option is available only on SAS
controllers with firmware version 6.1 and later.