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ManualsBrandsDell ManualsComputer Accessories & PeripheralsMCR5X - DELL PERC H710 INTEGRATED RAID CONTROLLER 512MB CACHE W/ BATTERY PN: 70K80 For PowerEdge R320 R420 R420XR R520 R620 R720 R720X T620 PowerVault NX3200
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4. Press <Enter> to display the list of stripe element sizes (64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1024 KB).
Press the down-arrow key to highlight the desired option and press <Enter>.
The default stripe element size is 64 KB.
5. If you need to change the read policy, press <Tab> to move the cursor to Read Policy.
6. Press <Enter> to display the options (No Read Ahead, Read Ahead, or Adaptive Read Ahead). Press
the down-arrow key to highlight the desired option and press <Enter>.
7. If you need to change the write policy, press <Tab> to move the cursor to Write Policy.
8. Press <Enter> to display the options (Write-Through, Write Back). Press the down-arrow key to
highlight an option and press <Enter>.
9. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Force WB with no battery and press <Enter>. If you chose Write-
Through
as the write policy, then the option is not available.
CAUTION: Do not initialize virtual disks when attempting to recreate an existing
configuration.
10. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Initialize and press <Enter>.
NOTE: The initialization performed at the stage is fast initialization.
11. Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Configure Hot Spare and press <Enter>.
NOTE: The hot spare created at the stage is a dedicated hot spare.
12. If you have chosen to create hot spares in the earlier steps, a pop-up window is displayed where
disks with appropriate sizes are displayed. Press the <spacebar> to select the disk size.
13. After you select the disk size, click OK to finalize the selection or click Cancel to forfeit the selection.
14. Select OK to accept the settings and press <Enter> to exit the window or select Cancel and press
<Enter> to exit if you do not want to change any virtual disk parameters.
Converting Physical Disk To RAID Capable For PERC H310
NOTE: By default, all physical drives are discovered as Non-RAID drives.
Conversion of a physical disk to RAID capable allows that disk to be used within a Virtual Disk or as a Hot
Spare.
1. Press <Ctrl> <N> to access the PD Mgmt screen.
A list of physical disks is displayed. The status of the each disk is displayed under State.
2. Press the down-arrow key to highlight a physical disk.
3. Press <F2> to display the menu of available actions.
4. Press the down-arrow key to highlight Convert to RAID Capable.
5. Press <Enter>.
Converting Physical Disk To Non-RAID For PERC H310
Conversion of a Physical Disk to Non-RAID allows direct operating system access to the drive. Non-RAID
disks cannot be used within a Virtual Disk nor can they be used as Hot Spares.
1. Press <Ctrl> <N> to access the PD Mgmt screen.
A list of physical disks is displayed. The status of the each disk is displayed under State.
2. Press the down-arrow key to highlight a physical disk.
3. Press <F2> to display the menu of available actions.
4. Press the down-arrow key to highlight Convert to Non-RAID.
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