Dell S100, S300 manual Creating Virtual Disks, Before You Begin

CAUTION: If a physical disk has a virtual disk on it, the physical disk cannot be selected for initialization. To initialize the physical disk anyway, make sure to delete the virtual disk. Be sure you want to initialize the physical disk, because all data on it (including PERC S100 adapter or PERC S300 adapter configuration information) is deleted.

NOTE: When Non-Raid physical disks are installed in the system, their associated Non-Raid virtual disks must be deleted in order to use the physical disks with the PERC S100 adapter or PERC S300 adapter. Deleting the Non-Raid virtual disks initializes the Non-Raid physical disks and changes their state to Ready.

NOTE: Typically, continue with the next procedure, Creating Virtual Disks.

Creating Virtual Disks

You can create virtual disks after the physical disks are initialized, especially if the virtual disk is a bootable virtual disk for your system. If you have not decided what RAID level to use, see the Raid Technology Guide, located on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.

Before You Begin

•At any point in this procedure, return to a prior state by pressing <Esc>.

•A maximum of eight virtual disks can be created with the PERC Virtual Disk Management utility.

•Avoid mixing of redundant and non-redundant raid levels on the same set of physical disks.

NOTE: The Create Virtual Disk operation is not selectable when there is no available capacity on the physical disks.

1Power-up the system to start booting.

2When prompted, press the <Ctrl><R> keys to access the PERC Virtual Disk Management utility.

3At the Main Menu field, use the arrow keys to select Create Virtual Disk. Press <Enter>.

RAID Configuration and Management

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