Notation Meaning and Use | Example |
| to press <Esc> to exit the BIOS Configuration |
| Utility (<Ctrl> <R>). |
<Tab> | Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the next |
| control on a dialog box or page. |
<Shift> | Press <Shift> <Tab> to move the cursor to the |
<Tab> | previous control on a dialog or page. |
<Ctrl> | Press <Ctrl> <N> to move to the next menu |
<N> | screen among the main menu screens: VD |
| Mgmt, PD Mgmt, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign |
| View. |
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the next parameter you want to change.
Press <Shift> <Tab> to move the cursor from Sort By to the previously selected PD in thePD Mgmt screen.
Press <Ctrl> <N> on the VD Mgmt screen to move to the PD Mgmt screen.
<Ctrl> | Press <Ctrl> <P> to move to the previous |
<P> | menu screen among the main menu screens: |
| VD Mgmt, PD Mgmt, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign |
| View. |
Press <Ctrl> <P> on the PD Mgmt screen to move to the VD Mgmt screen.
<F1> | Press <F1> to accessHelp information. The | <F1> |
| Help screens display a glossary of topics you |
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| can use to access information about |
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| navigation, RAID levels, and general topics. |
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<F2> | Press <F2> to access the context menu, | <F2> |
| which displays the list of options. |
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<F5> | Press <F5> to refresh the information on the | <F5> |
| screen. |
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<F11> | Switch between two controllers. | <F11> |
<F12> | Press <F12> to display a list of controllers. | <F12> |
Spacebar | Press the <spacebar> to select an item. | Press the <spacebar> to select or deselect a |
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| controller setting in the Ctrl Mgmt View. |
Setting up virtual disks
You can set up a disk group and create virtual disks using the procedures in this section. Each procedure is explained individually in this section in detail.
To set up virtual disks:
1.Create virtual disks. See Creating virtual disks.
2.Select the virtual disk options.
3.Designate hot spares (optional).
For more information, see Managing dedicated hot spares.
4.Initialize the virtual disks.
NOTE: When you use one physical disk group to create multiple virtual disks, all the virtual disks must be configured with the same RAID level.
When you define the virtual disks, you can set the following virtual disk parameters:
•RAID level
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