User's Manual
Configuration 33
3
In the first Manual Configuration window, select two available drives in
the left panel. Click the right-arrow
Add
button to move the selected
drives to the right panel to be part of a new array.
4
Click
Accept
to accept these drives for a new RAID 1 disk group.
5
Select two more drives for a second RAID 1 disk group, click
Add
, and click
Accept
.
6
Click
Next
. The Configuration Wizard window for virtual disks appears.
The
Arrays
box lists the new disk groups that you just defined, plus any
existing disk groups with holes (free space) that could be used for a new
configuration.
7
In the left panel, select the two RAID 1 disk groups in the Arrays box.
8
In the right panel, select RAID 10 as the RAID level.
9
(Optional) Change the other Virtual Disk Properties, if necessary. For more
information, see Understanding Virtual Disk Parameters.
NOTE: You cannot change the default Volume Name if Dell SAS RAID Storage
Manager is running in a language that uses the Double Byte Character Set.
The default Volume Name must be kept.
10
Click
Accept
to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk. The
virtual disk appears in the left panel under New Virtual Disk.
NOTE: If you want to undo a virtual disk that you just defined, click on the
virtual disk, and then click the Reclaim button . (For more information, see the
Glossary entry
for reclaim virtual disk.) The array will display under Arrays.
You can then start at
step 7
to create a new virtual disk.
11
Click
Next
to go to the next configuration step. The Virtual Disk Summary
window appears.
12
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.