User's Manual

Virtual Disks 249
This option is available only if the controller is a SAS controller with
firmware 6.1 and later and you selected RAID 10.
NOTE: If you click Span Edit, Intelligent Mirroring that is already been applied
becomes invalid.
•Click Finish to create the virtual disk with the attributes shown on
this screen.
•Click
Go Back To Previous Page to return to Create Virtual Disk
Advanced Wizard (Step 3 of 4) if you want to change your selections.
NOTE: If you clicked Span Edit and navigated back to this screen, do
not click
Go Back To Previous Page .
•Click
Exit Wizard to cancel the virtual disk.
Span Edit
In the edit mode, you cannot alter the number of physical disks per span. If
there are enough available physical disks, you can reduce or increase the
number of spans. You can also alter the contents of a span by removing that
span and selecting a new physical disk to comprise that span.
To successfully create a virtual disk, a minimum of two spans must exist at all
times.
NOTE: If you click Span Edit, Intelligent Mirroring that is already been applied
becomes invalid.
Click Continue to return to Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard (Step 4 of
4).
Virtual Disk Task: Reconfigure (Step 1 of 3)
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The Reconfigure task enables you to change the virtual disk configuration.
Using this task, you can change the RAID level and increase the virtual disk
size by adding physical disks. On some controllers, you can also remove
physical disks.