Dell S100, S300 manual Perc Virtual Disk Management Text Colors Description

The utility contains these fields:

•An information field (yellow or red text): Located below the window name and the current build number.

•Virtual Disks: Displays the virtual disks that have been created and

information about them: virtual disk number, RAID level, virtual disk size, virtual disk status, and caching mode status.

•Main Menu: Indicates the main PERC Virtual Disk Management utility operations.

•Physical Disks: Displays information about the physical disks or ATAPI devices.

•Available Keys: Indicates the keyboard keys to use to select a line of text or perform an operation.

NOTE: For a description of virtual disk and physical disk states, see Table B-2 and Table B-3, located on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.

NOTE: The first virtual disk listed in Virtual Disks must be the bootable virtual disk. The system can boot only when the bootable virtual disk is at the first position in the list.

Understanding the Text Colors in the PERC Virtual Disk Management Utility

Text within the PERC Virtual Disk Management utility is color-coded, as follows:

Table 6-2. PERC Virtual Disk Management Text Colors

Text Color	Description
White text	Indicates an available option or informational text.
Black text, yellow	Indicates an option or device for which you might take action.
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Yellow text	Indicates information about the yellow-highlighted option.
Green text	Indicates an item that has been selected.
Light blue text	Indicates that the item cannot be selected.
Magenta text	Indicates items that are related to hot spares or boot options.
Red text	Indicates a failed virtual or physical disk or a warning. For example,
	informational text might be red if an option is not available.

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