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Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2)

Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide

Does my controller support this feature? See "Appendix: Supported Features."

The Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard calculates an appropriate virtual disk configuration based on the available space and controller considerations. When using the Express Wizard, you select the RAID level and size for the virtual disk. The wizard selects a recommended disk configuration for you that matches your RAID and size selection.

Before creating a virtual disk, you should be familiar with the information in "Considerations Before Creating Virtual Disks". You may also want to review "Choosing RAID Levels and Concatenation".

If you want to make your own selections for the virtual disk configuration, click Go To Advanced Wizard.

To Create a Virtual Disk Express Wizard: Step 1 of 2

  1. Click the radio button to select the correct RAID level.

  2. Type a name for the virtual disk in the Name text box.

The virtual disk name can contain only alphanumeric characters as well as spaces, dashes and underscores. The maximum name length depends on the controller. In most cases, the maximum length is 15 characters. The name cannot start with a space or end with a space.

It is recommended that you specify a unique name for each virtual disk. If you have virtual disks with the same name, it will be hard to differentiate the alerts generated for these virtual disks.

NOTE: The CERC SATA1.5/2s controller does not allow you to specify a name for concatenated virtual disks. The concatenated virtual disk will be created with a default name.
  1. Type the size for the virtual disk in the Size text box. The virtual disk size must be within the minimum and maximum values displayed near the Size text box. For information on how the maximum virtual disk size is calculated, see "Calculation for Maximum Virtual Disk Size and the Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard."

In some cases, the virtual will be slightly larger than the size you specify. The Create Virtual Disk wizard may round up the size of the virtual disk to avoid rendering a portion of the physical disk space unusable.

NOTE: When creating a virtual disk on the CERC SATA1.5/2s controller or on a controller that is in a cluster configuration, you must specify the maximum virtual disk size.
  1. Click Continue to go to the next screen or Exit Wizard if you want to cancel.

To locate this task in Storage Management:

  1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.

  2. Expand a controller object.

  3. Select the Virtual Disks object.

  4. Click Go To Create Virtual Disk Wizard.


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