Users Guide

Controller Starting RAID Level Target RAID Level Comments
H730P Adapter, PERC
H730P Mini Monolithic,
PERC H730P Mini
Blades, PERC H730P
Slim, PERC H830
Adapter, PERC FD33xD/
FD33xS
RAID 5 RAID 5, RAID 6 Add at least one
additional disk.
RAID 6 requires a
minimum of 4 disks.
RAID 6 RAID 0, RAID 5 With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 6 RAID 6 Add at least one
additional disk
RAID 10 RAID 10 Without adding
additional disks
SAS 6/iR N/A N/A N/A
PERC S100, S110, S130,
and S300
RAID 0 RAID 0 With or without
additional disks
RAID 1 RAID 1 Without additional disks
RAID 5 RAID 5 With or without
additional disks
RAID 10 RAID 10 Without additional disks
NOTE: The order of the controllers displayed on Storage Management may differ with the order of
the controllers displayed in the Human Interface (HII) and PERC Option ROM. The order of the
controllers does not cause any limitation.
NOTE: When creating virtual disks using software RAID controllers, the information related to the
physical disks linked to the virtual disk is enumerated or displayed on Storage Management after a
short delay. This delay in displaying the information does not cause any functional limitation. If you
are creating partial virtual disks, it is recommended that you provide Storage Management adequate
time between each partial virtual disk creation process.
NOTE: RAID 10 virtual disk reconfiguration operation is not supported with Intelligent Mirroring.
Related Concepts
Choosing RAID Levels And Concatenation
Maintaining The Integrity Of Redundant Virtual Disks
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
The virtual disk Check Consistency task verifies the accuracy of the redundant (parity) information. This
task only applies to redundant virtual disks. When necessary, the Check Consistency task rebuilds the
redundant data.
To verify redundant information of a virtual disk:
1. Locate the controller on which the virtual disk resides in the tree view. Expand the controller object
until the Virtual Disks object is displayed.
2. Select the Check Consistency task from the virtual disk’s Tasks drop-down list box and click
Execute.
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