User's Manual

Virtual Disks 221
Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 2)
The Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard - <Controller Name> page
displays the summary of attributes of the selected RAID level. The attributes
include Bus Protocol, Stripe Element Size, Read Policy, and the selected
physical disk. The default values of the virtual disk attributes excluding the
RAID level are recommended for the selected RAID level.
1
Enter a name for the virtual disk in the Name text box.
The virtual disk name can contain only alphanumeric characters, spaces,
dashes and underscores. The maximum length depends on the controller.
In most cases, the maximum length is 15 characters. The name cannot
start with a space or end with a space.
It is recommended that you specify a unique name for each virtual disk. If
you have virtual disks with the same name, it is hard to differentiate the
generated alerts.
NOTE: If a physical disk is receiving a SMART alert, it cannot be used in a virtual
disk. For more information on SMART alerts, see
Monitoring Disk Reliability on RAID
Controllers .
2 Enter the size for the virtual disk in the Size text box.
The virtual disk size must be within the minimum and maximum values
displayed near the
Size text box. For information on how the maximum
virtual disk size is calculated, see Calculation for Maximum Virtual Disk
Size and the Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard.
In some cases, the virtual disk is slightly larger than the size you specify.
The
Create Virtual Disk Wizard adjusts the size of the virtual disk to
avoid rendering a portion of the physical disk space unusable.
3 Click Finish to complete the virtual disk creation.
The virtual disk is displayed in the
Virtual Disk(s) on Controller
<Controller Name>
page.
For PERC H700 and PERC H800 controllers, if any of the drives you
selected is in the spun down state, the following message is displayed:
The below listed physical drive(s) are in the spun
down state. Executing this task on these drive(s)