Dell 341-7212 User Guide - Page 21
Configuration, Creating a New Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller
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Configuration You use Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager to create storage configurations on Dell systems with PERC 5/i, SAS 5/iR, PERC 6/i , and SAS 6/iR controllers. The controllers support storage configurations for the following RAID levels: • Dell SAS 5/iR controller: RAID 0 and RAID 1 • Dell SAS 6/iR controller: RAID 0 and RAID 1 • Dell PERC 5/i controller: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, and RAID 50 • Dell PERC 6/i controller: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID 50, and RAID 60 To learn more about RAID and RAID levels, see the Glossary. Creating a New Configuration on a SAS 5/iR Controller or on a SAS 6/iR Controller You can use the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Configuration Wizard to create new configurations on Dell systems with the SAS 5/iR controller or the the SAS 6/iR controller. To start the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Configuration Wizard, select a Dell SAS 5/iR or a Dell SAS 6/iR controller in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window and then select Operations-> Configuration-> Configuration Wizard. The following subsections explain how to create a RAID 0 or a RAID 1 configuration on a Dell system with a SAS 5/iR controller or a SAS 6/iR controller. NOTICE: You cannot use physical drives with bootable partitions to create a virtual drive on a SAS 5/iR controller or on a SAS 6/iR controller. This prevents you from accidentally using a drive containing an operating system as part of a virtual drive, and thereby destroying the operating system. If one or more drives have a bootable partition, they will not appear on the list of drives that are available to create a new virtual drive. If no drives are available, a warning message will be displayed. Configuration 21