Intel MFSYS25 User Guide - Page 98

Virtual Drive Actions The actions available for a selected virtual drive are displayed to the right of the system graphic. For a description of these actions, refer to the following table. Table 16. Virtual Drive Action Menu Global Action Menu Item Description Create Storage Pool Designates one or more drives as a storage pool. Global storage actions are available at all times on the storage screen. Selected Virtual Drive Action Menu Item Description Assign Delete Rename Expand Initialize Boot Sector Change Affinity Allows an IT administrator to: • Assign an existing virtual drive to a different server • Change the current drive assignment for a server • Assign the virtual drive to no server. Deletes an existing virtual drive. This action will delete the selected virtual drive. ALL DATA WILL BE LOST. Renames an existing virtual name. A dialog box will display prompting the IT administrator for the new virtual drive name. Expands the size of an existing virtual drive using any unallocated space within the storage pool in which the virtual drive resides. Clears the first 64 MB of data that is used on boot disks for the Master Boot Record, which ensures that a fresh volume for partitioning is available for operating system installation. Changes the storage control module affinity for the selected virtual drive. The dialog box indicates which storage control module is currently assigned and provides the capability to change control modules. NOTE: Changing affinity will cause the selected virtual drive (LUN) to failover to the selected controller. If the virtual drive is in active use, there will be a slight pause in system I/O while the failover operation is handled by the multipath driver on the host operating system. Virtual Drive Details The tabs displayed below the system graphic provide detailed information on the selected virtual drive. For a description of these tabs, refer to the following table. 82 Intel® Modular Server System User Guide