User's Manual
40 Configuration
Changing the RAID Level of a Configuration on a PERC 5/i Controller or
on a PERC 6/i Controller
NOTICE: Be sure to back up the data on the virtual disk before you change its RAID
level.
Follow these steps to change the RAID level of a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6
(
PERC 6/i only)
configuration with the Configuration Wizard:
1
Select the
Logical View
tab in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage
Manager screen.
2 Select a virtual disk icon in the left panel, and then select Operations->
Advanced Operations-> Reconstruction Wizard from the menu to start
the Reconstruction Wizard.
3
Click
Change RAID Level
on the Reconstruction Wizard menu screen.
NOTE: This option is not available for RAID 0 configurations.
4
When the next screen appears, select a RAID level from the drop-down
menu in the lower right corner.
5
Review the information in the window. If everything is acceptable, click
Finish
.
A Reconstruct operation begins on the virtual disk. You can monitor the
progress of the reconstruction in the Group Show Progress window. To do
this, select
Group Operations -> Show Progress
.
Deleting a Virtual Disk
NOTICE: Be sure to back up the data on the virtual disk before you delete it. Be
sure that the operating system is not installed on this virtual disk.
NOTICE: 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. Virtual drives that have
a bootable partition cannot be deleted, in order to prevent you from accidentally
deleting a drive that contains the operating system.
You can delete virtual disks in order to rearrange the storage space. To delete a
virtual disk, follow these steps:
1
Back up all user data on the virtual disk you intend to delete.
2
In the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window, select the
Logical
tab and click the icon of the virtual disk you want to delete.