Table 5-3. Manage Virtual Disk Field Descriptions

Field

Description

 

 

Identifier

The identifier of the virtual disk

 

 

Type

The RAID type of the virtual disk

 

 

Scan Order

The scan order of the virtual disk

 

 

Size (MB)

The size of the virtual disk

 

 

Status

The status of the virtual disk

 

 

Synchronize Mirror

This option is used to synchronize the IM virtual disk.

 

This option is not accessible under the following conditions:

 

• The virtual disk is inactive.

 

• The virtual disk does not need to be resynchronized.

 

• IS virtual disk is used.

 

 

Manage Secondary Disk

This option is used to add a secondary drive to a degraded IM virtual disk with a

 

missing member.

 

This option is not accessible under the following conditions:

 

• The virtual disk is inactive.

 

• The virtual disk is not a degraded IM virtual disk with a missing member.

 

• IS virtual disk is used.

 

 

Activate Mirror

This option is used to activate an inactive (foreign) virtual disk. The option is

 

grayed out if there are no inactive virtual disks.

 

 

Delete Virtual Disk

This option is used to delete the currently displayed virtual disk

 

 

Exit Screen

It is important to exit the SAS BIOS Configuration Utility properly, because some changes take effect only when you exit. From the Adapter List, press <Esc> to exit. In addition, a similar exit screen appears when you exit most other screens, and it can be used to save settings.

Performing Configuration Tasks

Creating an Integrated Striping Virtual Disk

An Integrated Striping (IS) virtual disk, also referred to as RAID 0, offers the ability to stripe data across multiple physical disks. This can increase storage capacity and performance by combining multiple disks into one logical virtual disk. Follow these steps to create an IS virtual disk on a SAS 5/iR controller that does not currently have a virtual disk configured.

1Select a controller from the Adapter List in the Configuration Utility.

2Select the RAID Properties option.

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