Users Guide

NOTE: To create secured virtual disks, see the topic Security Key And RAID Management.
Perform the following steps to create a virtual disk:
1. During host system bootup, press <Ctrl><R> after the BIOS screen is displayed.
The Virtual Disk Management screen is displayed. If there is more than one controller, the main
menu screen is displayed. Select a controller, and press <Enter>. The Virtual Disk Management
screen is displayed for the selected controller.
2. Use the arrow keys to highlight Controller # or Disk Group #.
3. Press <F2>.
The list of available actions is displayed.
4. Select Create New VD and press <Enter>.
The Create New VD screen is displayed. The cursor is on the RAID Levels option. When adding a
virtual disk to a Disk Group, the Add VD in Disk Group screen is displayed. Skip to step 11 to change
the basic settings of the virtual disk.
5. Press <Enter> to display the possible RAID levels, based on the physical disks available.
6. Press the down-arrow key to select a RAID level and press <Enter>.
7. When creating a spanned virtual disk (RAID 10, 50 or 60), enter the number of physical disks per span
in the
PD per Span field and press <Enter>.
NOTE: Creating a 22 physical disk RAID 10 VD is possible by selecting RAID 10 and populating
the PD per Span field with 22.
8. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the list of physical disks.
9. Use the arrow key to highlight a physical disk and press the spacebar, <Alt> , or <Enter> to select the
disk.
10. Select additional disks, if required.
NOTE: (PERC H310) Only RAID Capable physical disks are eligible to be included in a Virtual
Disk. To convert physical disks to RAID Capable, see the topic Converting Physical Disk To RAID
Capable For PERC H310.
11. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the Basic Settings box.
12. Set the virtual disk size in the VD Size field.
The virtual disk size is displayed in GB format.
13. Press <Tab> to access the VD Name field, and type a virtual disk name.
14. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Advanced Settings.
15. Press the spacebar to make the settings active so that you can change them.
An X is displayed beside Advanced Settings. The settings are the stripe element size, read policy,
and write policy. You can also choose advanced options such as forcing the cache policy to Write-
Back, initializing the virtual disk, and configuring a dedicated hot spare. The defaults parameters are
displayed. You can accept the defaults or change them. To change the virtual disk parameters, see
Virtual Disk Parameters and Descriptions in Setting Up Virtual Disks.
Selecting Virtual Disk Parameters
To select the virtual disk parameters:
1. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the parameters you want to change.
2. Press the down-arrow key to open the parameters and scroll down the list of settings.
3. To change the stripe element size, press <Tab> to highlight Stripe Element Size.
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