User's Manual

32 Configuration
14 Check the configuration that you have just defined. If it is acceptable,
click
Finish and start the initialization process (unless you selected No
Initialization
earlier). If you want to change a setting for all of the virtual
disks, click
Back to return to the previous windows. If you want to change a
setting for specific virtual disks, perform the following steps:
a Select a virtual disk in the New Virtual Disks panel. The Reclaim
button becomes available.
b Click Reclaim . A warning states that this will delete the newly created
virtual disk.
c Click Yes to accept. The array displays in the top left panel under the
heading Arrays.
d If desired, reclaim the second virtual disk.
e Click the checkbox next to one or two new arrays. The Virtual Disk
Properties for the selected array(s) display in the right panel.
f Change the properties for the virtual disk(s), as desired.
g Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk.
h Check the configuration that you have just defined. If it is acceptable,
click
Finish . The new storage configuration will be created and
initialized (unless you selected
No Initialization ).
Using Manual Configuration on a Dell PERC 5/i Controller or on a Dell
PERC 6/i Controller (RAID 10)
Follow these steps to create a RAID 10 storage configuration using the
Manual Configuration mode of the Configuration Wizard:
1 Select a PERC 5/i or a PERC 6/i controller in the left panel of the Dell
SAS RAID Storage Manager window, and then select Operations->
Configuration-> Configuration Wizard.
2
Select Manual Configuration and click Next . The Manual Configuration
window appears.In the first Manual Configuration window, select three or
more available drives in the left panel. Click the right-arrow
Add button to
move the selected drives to the right panel.
NOTICE: Be sure you do not select the disk drive on which the operating
system is installed.