Dell H810, H710P Setting Up Virtual Disks, Notation Meaning and Use, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign View

Notation Meaning and Use Example

down-	Use the down-arrow key to move to the lower menu
arrow	items within a menu or to a lower level menu. You
key	can also use the down-arrow key to open a menu list
	in a popup window, such as the stripe element size
	menu, and select a setting. Word wrap is supported.

Virtual Disk 1

↓

Virtual Disk 4

<Enter>	After you highlight a menu item, press <Enter> to
	select that item. An options menu for the menu item
	opens. It applies to only certain menu items, such as
	Virtual Disk #. In a list of options for that item, such
	as the write policy for a virtual disk, highlight a
	setting, such as Write-Through, and press <Enter> to
	select it.

Select Add New VD and press <Enter> to create a new virtual disk.

<Esc>	After you expand a pop-up window, press <Esc> to Press <Esc> to return to the VD Mgmt screen.
	close the window. You can continue 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.

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 the PD Mgmt screen.

<Ctrl>	Press <Ctrl> <N> to move to the next menu screen
<N>	among the main menu screens: VD Mgmt, PD Mgmt,
	Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign View.

Press <Ctrl> <N> on the VD Mgmt screen to move to the PD Mgmt screen.

<Ctrl>	Press <Ctrl> <P> to move to the previous menu
<P>	screen among the main menu screens: VD Mgmt, PD
	Mgmt, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign View.
<F1>	Press <F1> to access Help information. The Help
	screens display a glossary of topics you can use to
	access information about navigation, RAID levels,
	and general topics.

Press <Ctrl> <P> on the PD Mgmt screen to move to the VD Mgmt screen.

<F1>

<F2>	Press <F2> to access the context menu, which	<F2>
	displays the list of options.
<F5>	Press <F5> to refresh the information on the screen.	<F5>
<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
		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 contained in this section. Each of the following procedures is explained individually in this section in detail.

To set up virtual disks:

1.Create the virtual disks and select the virtual disk options.

2.Designate hot spares (optional).

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