Users Guide

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 the span and selecting a new physical disk to
comprise that span.
To successfully create a virtual disk, a minimum of two spans must exist always.
NOTE: If you select Span Edit, Intelligent Mirroring that is already been applied becomes invalid.
NOTE: Intelligent Mirroring Feature is not supported on PERC 9 controllers and later PERC controllers.
To Recongure A Virtual Disk - Step 1 of 3
1 Select the physical disks that you want to include in the virtual disk. You can expand the capacity of the virtual disk by adding
additional physical disks. On some controllers, you can also remove physical disks.
The changes you make to the physical disk selection are displayed in the Selected Physical Disks table.
NOTE: For a controller that has more than one channel, it may be possible to congure a virtual disk that is channel-
redundant.
NOTE: For PERC H310 Adapter, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic, PERC H310 Mini Blades, PERC H700, PERC H710
Adapter, PERC H710 Mini Blades, PERC H710 Mini Monolithic, PERC H710P Adapter, PERC H710P Mini Blades, PERC
H710P Mini Monolithic, PERC H800, PERC H810 Adapter, PERC H330 Adapter, PERC H330 Mini Monolithic, PERC
H330 Mini Blades, PERC H330 Embedded, PERC H730 Adapter, PERC H730 Mini Monolithic, PERC H730 Mini Blades,
PERC H730P Adapter, PERC H730P Mini Monolithic, PERC H730P Mini Blades, PERC H730P Slim, PERC H740P
Adapter, PERC H740P Mini Monolithic, PERC H830 Adapter, PERC H840 Adapter, PERC H730P MX , PERC H745P
MX and PERC FD33xD/FD33xS controllers, if any of the selected physical drives are in the spun down state, the
system displays a message that indicates the IDs of the spun down drives and the delay in executing tasks on them.
NOTE: For PERC H310 Adapter, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic, PERC H310 Mini Blades, PERC H700, PERC H710
Adapter, PERC H710 Mini Blades, PERC H710 Mini Monolithic, PERC H710P Adapter, PERC H710P Mini Blades, PERC
H710P Mini Monolithic, PERC H800, PERC H810 Adapter, PERC H330 Adapter, PERC H330 Mini Monolithic, PERC
H330 Mini Blades, PERC H330 Embedded, PERC H730 Adapter, PERC H730 Mini Monolithic, PERC H730 Mini Blades,
PERC H730P Adapter, PERC H730P Mini Monolithic, PERC H730P Mini Blades, PERC H730P Slim, PERC H740P
Adapter, PERC H740P Mini Monolithic, PERC H830 Adapter, PERC H840 Adapter, PERC H730P MX , PERC H745P
MX and PERC FD33xD/FD33xS, if the disk group has free space available, you can expand the virtual disk capacity. To
expand virtual disk capacity, click Expand Capacity.
2 Click Continue to go to the next page or Exit Wizard if you want to cancel.
To locate Recongure In Storage Management
1 In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller objects.
2 Expand a controller object.
3 Select the Virtual Disks object.
4 Select Recongure from the Available Tasks drop-down box.
5 Click Execute.
Virtual Disk Task - Recongure Step 2 of 3
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
Virtual Disks
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