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RAID Configuration and Management
Virtual Disk Management (VD Mgmt)
The Virtual Disk Management screen, VD Mgmt , is the first screen that displays when you access the BIOS
Configuration Utility. In the Tree View , the left frame displays the menus for the virtual disk management,
which are:
• Controller #
• Disk Group #
• Virtual Disks (displayed in descending numerical order)
• Physical Disks
• Space Allocation (virtual disk size and free space you can use to create a virtual disk)
• Hot Spares (global and dedicated)
In the Tree View , the right frame displays detailed information for the selected controllers, disk groups,
virtual disks, physical disks, space allocation, and hot spares, as shown in Table 5-2.
Table 5-2. Information on the Virtual Disk Management Screen
Menu Item Selected in Left
Frame Information That Displays in Right Frame
Controller # • Number of disk groups (DG)
• Number of virtuals disks (VD)
• Number of physical disks (PD)
Disk Group # • Number of virtuals disks (VD)
• Number of physical disks (PD)
• Space available on the physical disks
• Number of free segments
• Number of dedicated hot spares
Virtual Disks • Number of virtuals disks (VD)
• Number of physical disks (PD)
• Space available in the virtual disk
• Number of free segments
• Number of dedicated hot spares
Virtual Disk # • RAID level (0, 1, 5, 10, or 50)
• RAID status of the virtual disk (failed, degraded, or optimal)
• Size of the virtual disk
• Stripe element size
• Operation currently in progress
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