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Virtual Disk Task Name PERC 6/E PERC 6/I PERC 6/I Modular
Reconfigure Yes Yes Yes
Change Policy Yes Yes Yes
Split Mirror No No No
Unmirror No No No
Delete Last Virtual Disk Yes Yes Yes
Delete (any) Virtual Disk Yes Yes Yes
Check Consistency Yes Yes Yes
Cancel Check Consistency Yes Yes Yes
Pause Check Consistency No No No
Resume Check Consistency No No No
Cancel Background
Initialization (BGI)
Yes Yes Yes
Format Virtual Disk No No No
Cancel Format Virtual Disk No No No
Restore Dead Disk Segments No No No
Initialize Virtual Disk No No No
Fast Initialize Virtual Disk Yes Yes Yes
Slow Initialize Virtual Disk Yes Yes Yes
Cancel Initialize Virtual Disk Yes Yes Yes
Replace Member Yes with firmware 6.1 and later Yes with firmware 6.1 and later Yes with firmware 6.1 and later
Virtual Disk Specifications For PERC 6/ Controllers
Table 39. Virtual Disk Specifications for PERC 6/ Controllers
Virtual Disk Specification PERC 6/E PERC 6/I PERC 6/I Modular
Maximum Number of Virtual
Disks per Controller
64 64 64
Minimum Virtual Disk Size 100MB*
Not applicable for RAID 10, RAID
50, and RAID 60.
100MB*
Not applicable for RAID 10, RAID
50, and RAID 60.
100MB*
Not applicable for RAID 10, RAID
50, and RAID 60.
Maximum Virtual Disk Size None None None
Maximum Number of Spans
per Virtual Disk
8 8 8
Maximum Number of
Physical Disks per Span
32 32 32
Minimum Stripe Size 8 K 8 K 8 K
Maximum Stripe Size 1MB 1MB 1MB
Maximum Number of Virtual
Disks per Disk Group
16 16 16
Maximum Number of
Physical Disks that can be
Concatenated
NA NA NA
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