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RAID Configuration and Management
NOTE:
You may need to press <F5> to refresh the information on the screen.
RAID Configuration Functions
NOTE:
Dell OpenManage Storage Management can perform all the same tasks as and more tasks than the BIOS
Configuration Utility.
After you attach physical disks, use a configuration utility to prepare a virtual disk. Groups of the SAS and
Serial ATA (SATA) physical disks are organized into virtual disks that must be able to support the RAID level
that you select. If the operating system is not yet installed, use the BIOS Configuration Utility to perform
this procedure.
NOTE:
The PERC 5 controllers support Dell-qualified SATA physical disks.
<Tab> Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the next control on a Dialog or
page. Press <Tab> to move
the cursor to the next
parameter you want to
change.
<Shift><Tab> Press <Shift><Tab> to move the cursor to the previous control on a
dialog or page.
Press <Shift><Tab>
to move the cursor from
Virtual Disk to Disk
Group # .
<Ctrl><N> Press <Ctrl><N> to move to the next menu screen among the main
menu screens:
VD Mgmt , PD Mgmt , Ctrl Mgmt , and Foreign View .
When you return to the original menu, the cursor will be on the same
menu item it was on before you pressed <Ctrl><N>.
Press <Ctrl><N> on
the
VD Mgmt screen to
move to the PD Mgmt
screen.
<Ctrl><P> Press <Ctrl><P> to move to the previous menu screen among the main
menu screens:
VD Mgmt , PD Mgmt , Ctrl Mgmt , and Foreign View .
When you return to the previous screen, the cursor will be on the same
menu item it was on before you pressed <Ctrl><P>.
Press <Ctrl><P> on
the
PD Mgmt screen to
return to the VD Mgmt
screen.
<F1> Press <F1> to access Help information. The Help screens display a
glossary of topics you can use to access information about navigation,
RAID levels, and general topics.
<F1>
<F2> Press <F2> to access the context menu, which displays the list of
options. <F2>
<F12> Press <F12> to display a list of controllers. <F12>
Spacebar Press the spacebar to select an item, such as a virtual disk in the List
View , select all the virtual disks ( Mark All ), or deselect all the virtual
disks ( Unmark All ).
Press the spacebar to
select each virtual disk
on which you want to
check data consistency.
Table 5-1. Menu Navigation Keys (continued)
Notation Meaning and Use Example
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