User's Manual

Configuration 21
Configuration
You use Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager to create storage configurations on
Dell systems with PERC 5/i, SAS 5/iR, PERC 6/i , and SAS 6/iR controllers.
The controllers support storage configurations for the following RAID levels:
• Dell SAS 5/iR controller: RAID 0 and RAID 1
• Dell SAS 6/iR controller: RAID 0 and RAID 1
• Dell PERC 5/i controller: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and
RAID 50
• Dell PERC 6/i controller: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10,
RAID 50, and RAID 60
To learn more about RAID and RAID levels, see the Glossary .
Creating a New Configuration on a SAS 5/iR
Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller
You can use the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Configuration Wizard to
create new configurations on Dell systems with the SAS 5/iR controller or the
the SAS 6/iR controller.
To start the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Configuration Wizard, select a
Dell SAS 5/iR or a Dell SAS 6/iR controller in the left panel of the Dell SAS
RAID Storage Manager window and then select Operations->
Configuration-> Configuration Wizard. The following subsections explain
how to create a RAID 0 or a RAID 1 configuration on a Dell system with a
SAS 5/iR controller or a SAS 6/iR controller.
NOTICE: You cannot use physical drives with bootable partitions to create a virtual
drive on a SAS 5/iR controller or on a SAS 6/iR controller. This prevents you from
accidentally using a drive containing an operating system as part of a virtual drive,
and thereby destroying the operating system. If one or more drives have a bootable
partition, they will not appear on the list of drives that are available to create a new
virtual drive. If no drives are available, a warning message will be displayed.