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Table 16. Virtual Drive Tabs
Virtual Drive Help
To quickly access additional help regarding the virtual drive actions and tabs, click on the
Get Help button in the Virtual Drive help box located under the actions box.
Editing Virtual Drive Server Configuration
Once a virtual drive is created, an IT administrator can change the name, size, server
assignment, and storage control module affinity at any time. This section describes the
Assign action.
Use the assign action to change the current virtual drive server assignment. A virtual drive
can be assigned to one or more servers and can be assigned any drive number that is
available on the selected server. Each drive found by the operating system is given a
number (drive position) based on the order found. The server does not need to be present
to assign a drive because the system maintains the assignment based on server slot
position.
When a compute module is replaced, the virtual drives assigned to the compute module
bay are automatically assigned to the replacement compute module. This allows an IT
administrator to quickly replace a compute module without changing the storage
configuration or assigned resources, thereby resulting in no impact to stored data.
The virtual drive in drive position 0 is the only drive available for the boot device. For
example, if you assign five virtual drives to a server and then enter the BIOS boot order
setup menu for that server, you will only see one virtual drive listed there and that would
be the virtual drive at drive position 0. However, after the operating system boots, all five
virtual drives will be available for use.
To assign a virtual drive to a server, follow these steps:
1. From the Storage view, select a virtual drive.
2. Choose Assign from the action menu.
The following dialog box appears.
Tab Heading Description
General The General tab displays a table with the following information:
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Current status of the virtual drive (i.e., status, health, operation
state)
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Virtual drive configuration data (i.e., name, total space, RAID
level, server assignment and drive number)
Events Displays all system events for the selected virtual drive.
Background Tasks Displays all active tasks.