Instruction Manual

98 Configuring and Managing RAID
Deleting Virtual Disks
NOTE: You cannot delete a virtual disk during an initialization.
NOTE: Warning messages appear stating the effect of deleting a virtual disk.
Click OK twice to complete the virtual disk deletion.
To delete virtual disks, perform the following steps in the BIOS
Configuration Utility:
1
Press <Ctrl><N> to access the VD Mgmt screen.
2 Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the Virtual Disks heading.
3 Press <F2>.
The action menu is displayed.
4 Select Delete VD and press <Enter>.
5 If there are multiple virtual disks in a Disk Group , select Total Free
Capacity
for the Disk Group in the VD Mgmt screen.
The total amount of free space available in the
Disk Group is displayed.
Deleting Disk Groups
You can delete disk groups using the BIOS Configuration Utility. When you
delete a disk group, the utility also removes the virtual disks in that disk
group.
To delete disk groups, perform the following steps in the BIOS
Configuration Utility:
1
Press <Ctrl><N> to access the VD Mgmt screen.
2 Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the Virtual Disks heading.
3 Press <F2>.
The action menu is displayed.
4 Select Delete Disk Group and press <Enter>.
The disk group is deleted.
When you delete a disk group, the remaining disk groups with higher
numbers are automatically renumbered. For example, if you delete disk
group #2, then disk group #3 is automatically renumbered as disk group #2.
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