Users Guide

Use this feature to configure RAID, if a PERC S110 or S130 controller is enabled on the system. If you select the software RAID
option, you cannot create partial virtual disk through Lifecycle Controller interface and it displays the physical disk-drives as
Non-RAID disks or RAID-ready disks.
● Non-RAID disk — A single disk-drive without any RAID properties. Needs initialization to apply RAID levels.
● RAID-ready disk — The disk drive is initialized and a RAID level can be applied.
NOTE: From Lifecycle Controller UI, you can deploy only Windows server operating system using software RAID
controller.
To configure software RAID:
1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration.
3. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards.
4. Under Storage Configuration Wizards, click RAID Configuration to launch the wizard.
The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page is displayed.
5. Select the controller and click Next.
If the non-RAID disk drives are attached to the selected controller, select the non-RAID physical disk-drives, and then click
Next to initialize them. Else, the Select RAID Level page is displayed.
NOTE: During initialization, all the data on the non-RAID disk drives are deleted.
6. Select the RAID level and click Next.
The Select Physical Disks page is displayed.
7. Select the physical disk properties and click Next.
The Virtual Disk Attributes page is displayed.
8. Select the virtual disk parameters and click Next.
The Summary page is displayed.
9. To apply the RAID configuration, click Finish.
Related concepts
Selecting a RAID controller on page 45
Foreign configuration found on page 44
Selecting RAID levels on page 45
Selecting physical disks on page 46
Setting virtual disk attributes on page 46
Viewing summary on page 47
Creating a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller
Make sure that the controller is encrypted with a local key. For more information on encrypting with a local key, see Key
Encryption.
To create a secure virtual disk on a RAID controller:
1. Start Lifecycle Controller. For more information, see Starting Lifecycle Controller.
2. In the left pane, click Hardware Configuration.
3. In the right pane, click Configuration Wizards.
4. Under Storage Configuration Wizards, click RAID Configuration to launch the wizard.
The View Current RAID Configuration and Select Controller page is displayed along with the information on whether
the displayed virtual disk is secure.
5. Select a security capable controller and click Next.
If the non-RAID disks are attached to the selected controller, select the non-RAID physical disk-drives, and then click Next
to initialize them. Else, the Select RAID Level page is displayed.
NOTE: During initialization, all the data on the non-RAID disk drives are deleted.
6. Select the RAID level and click Next.
The Select Physical Disks page is displayed.
NOTE:
Create boot virtual disks only from disk drives populated across slots 0–3 of the system. For slot information,
see the system Owner’s Manual.
7. From the Encryption Capability drop-down menu, select Self-encryption.
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