
Configuration management
Auto Configure RAID 0
1
Enter the
Dell PERC 10 Configuration Utility
Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility
2
Click
Main Menu
>
Configuration Management
>
Auto Configure RAID 0
.
3
Select
Confirm
and click
Yes
to continue.
A RAID 0 Virtual disk is created on all physical disks that are in Ready state.
NOTE:
This feature is not supported in eHBA mode.
Creating virtual disks
1
Enter the
Dell PERC 10 Configuration Utility
Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility
2
Click
Main Menu
>
Configuration Management
>
Create Virtual Disk
.
The following list of options are displayed for you to define the virtual disk parameters:
•
Select RAID level — allows you to choose the RAID level of your choice.
•
Secure Virtual Disk — If you want to create a secured virtual disk, select
Secure Virtual Disk
.
NOTE:
The Secure Virtual Disk option is enabled by default, only if the security key has been configured. Only SED
physical disks are listed.
•
Select Physical Disks From — allows you to select one of the physical disk capacities:
–
Unconfigured Capacity
: creates a virtual disk on unconfigured physical disks.
–
Free Capacity
: utilizes unused physical disk capacity that is already part of a virtual disk.
•
Select Physical Disks — If you want to select the physical disks from which the virtual disks are being created, click
Select
Physical Disks
. This option is displayed if you select
Unconfigured Capacity
as your physical disk capacity.
•
Select Disk Groups — If you want to select the disk groups from which the virtual disks are being created, click
Select Disk
Group
. This option is displayed if you select
Free Capacity
as your physical disk capacity.
•
Configure Virtual Disk Parameters — allows you to set the virtual disk parameters when creating the virtual disk. For more
information, see
Configuring virtual disk parameters
.
3
Click
Create Virtual Disk
.
The virtual disk is created successfully.
Configuring virtual disk parameters
1
Create a virtual disk, see
.
The
CONFIGURE VIRTUAL DISK PARAMETERS
section is displayed on the
Create Virtual Disk
screen.
2
In the
CONFIGURE VIRTUAL DISK PARAMETERS
section, you can set the following virtual disk parameters:
Table 8. Configuring virtual disk parameters
Virtual disk parameters
Description
Virtual Disk Name
Allows you to enter the name for the virtual disk.
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