Users Guide
Physical Disk 
Task Name
PERC S100 PERC S110 PERC S130 PERC S300 PERC S140
Convert to RAID 
capable disk
No No Yes No Yes
Prepare to 
Remove
No No Yes No Yes
NOTE: For physical disks connected to Software RAID S130 controller, 512 MB of disk space is by default used by the controller 
for metadata.
NOTE: When you perform the Prepare to Remove operation on the physical disk, the associated virtual disk will be in failed state.
NOTE: The operation failed to complete message is displayed, if you perform the Prepare to Remove operation on 
the physical disk of Boot virtual disk/mounted virtual disk.
Virtual Disk Tasks Supported By The PERC Software 
Controllers
Table 46. Virtual Disk Tasks Supported by the PERC S100, PERC S110, PERC S130, and S300 Controllers
Virtual Disk Task 
Name
PERC S100 PERC S110 PERC S130 PERC S300 PERC S140
Assign and 
Unassign 
Dedicated Hot 
Spare
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Create Virtual 
Disk 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Create Virtual 
Disk Advanced 
Wizard 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Create Virtual 
Disk Express 
Wizard 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Rename  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Blink/Unblink  No Yes Yes No Yes
Reconīgure  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Change Policy  Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delete Last 
Virtual Disk 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Delete (any) 
Virtual Disk 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Check 
Consistency 
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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