NOTE:
The Physical Disk Power Management feature is not applicable to FastPath-capable virtual disks.
Performing break mirror operation
The RAID 1 virtual disk to be split must be in an optimal state, and it cannot be running any other background tasks.
To use the Break Mirror feature from the HII Configuration Utility, perform the following steps:
1
Enter the
Dell PERC 10 Configuration Utility
Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility
2
Click
Main Menu
>
Virtual Disk Management
.
The list of virtual disks is displayed.
3
Select the RAID 1 virtual disk.
NOTE:
The Break Mirror operation can be performed only on RAID 1 virtual disks.
4
From the
Operations
drop-down menu, select
Break Mirror
.
5
Click
Go
.
A screen is displayed asking if you are sure you want to perform the operation.
6
Select the
Confirm
option.
7
Click
Yes
.
The break mirror operation is completed successfully.
Performing expand virtual disk operation
To enable expand virtual disk feature from the HII Configuration Utility, perform the following steps:
1
Enter the
Dell PERC 10 Configuration Utility
Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility
2
Click
Main Menu
>
Virtual Disk Management
.
The list of virtual disks is displayed.
3
Select the virtual disk.
4
From the
Operations
drop-down menu, select
Expand Virtual Disk
.
NOTE:
You can view the Expand Virtual Disk feature only if there is free space available in the associated disk group.
5
Click
Go
.
6
To expand virtual disk, enter the percentage of available capacity, and then click
Ok
.
A screen is displayed asking if you are sure you want to perform the operation.
7
Select the
Confirm
option.
8
Click
Yes
.
The expand virtual disk operation is completed successfully.
Performing consistency check
To enable consistency check from the HII Configuration Utility, perform the following steps:
1
Enter the
Dell PERC 10 Configuration Utility
Navigating to Dell PERC 10 configuration utility
2
Click
Main Menu
>
Virtual Disk Management
.
The list of virtual disks is displayed.
3
Select the virtual disk.
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