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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 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 . 3 Click Virtual Disks. The Virtual Disk(s) on Controller page is displayed. 4 Click Go to the Create Virtual Disk Wizard. The Create Virtual Disk Wizard 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 Troubleshooting hardware issues 75

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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
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