Users Guide

For PERC H700 and PERC H800 controllers, if any of the drives you selected is in the spun down state, the following
message is displayed:
The below listed physical drive(s) are in the Spun Down state. Executing this task on
these drive(s) takes additional time, because the drive(s) need to spun up.
The message displays the ID(s) of the spun down drive(s).
NOTE: When the hard drive is in the spun down state, the drive is not in active use.
The virtual disk is displayed on the Virtual Disk(s) on Controller <Controller Name> page.
Create virtual disk Advanced Wizard
The Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard allows you to specify the read, write, cache policy, and parameters such as RAID
level, bus protocol, media type, and encrypted disk for the virtual disk. You can also select the physical disks and the controller
connector. You must have a good knowledge of RAID levels and hardware to use the Advanced Wizard. If you want the wizard
to recommend a virtual disk configuration for you, select the Express Wizard option.
About this task
NOTE: This task is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode.
To create a virtual disk using the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard:
Steps
1. On the upper-right corner of the Server Administrator page, click Storage.
2. Click <PERC Controller>.
3. Click Virtual Disks.
The Virtual Disk(s) on Controller <Controller Name> page is displayed.
4. Click Go to the Create Virtual Disk Wizard.
The Create Virtual Disk Wizard <Controller Name> page is displayed.
5. Select the Advanced Wizard option.
6. To make sure that only encrypted physical disks are used to create the virtual disk, select Yes from the Create Encrypted
Virtual Disk drop-down list.
The RAID levels are available for selection based on the number of encrypted physical disks.
If you select No, the RAID levels are available based on the total number of physical disks present on the system.
7. Select the required RAID level from the drop-down menu.
8. Select Bus Protocol.
The options are:
● SAS
● SATA
9. Select Media Type.
The available options are:
● HDD
● SSD
10. Click Continue.
NOTE:
If you are creating an encrypted virtual disk, only the encrypted physical disks are displayed. Else, both
encrypted and unencrypted physical disks are displayed.
Example:
Connector 0
The Connector section of the page displays the connectors on the controller and the disks attached to each connector.
Select the disks you want to include in the virtual disk. In this example, the controller has a single connector with five disks.
● Physical disk 0:0
● Physical disk 0:1
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