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3. Select the RAID controller to view its current virtual disk configuration and disk attributes. Click Next. 4. Select the RAID level for the virtual disk that you want to create and click Next. 5. On the Select Physical Disks screen, the default values for Protocol, Media Type, and Encryption capability are displayed. 6. Select the required physical disks that you want to include in the virtual disk, and then click Next. 7. On the Virtual Disk Attributes screen, type the virtual disk name. NOTE: The virtual disk name should not contain any space or special characters. 8. Type the size of the physical disk. The values for Stripe Element Size, Read Policy, and Write Policy are displayed by default. 9. If you want to change the values for Stripe Element, Read Policy and Write Policy, select the required values from the respective drop-down lists. The Summary of virtual disk attributes is displayed. 10. Click Finish . 11. On the RAID Configuration Warning window, click Yes if you wish to continue with the creation of virtual disk. The RAID Configuration window is displayed. Note that this operation might take approximately one minute to complete. 12. When the virtual disk is created successfully, the RAID Configuration Success window is displayed. Click OK. You are taken to the Hardware configuration window. Click Back to go to the home page. 13. You can verify, if the RAID operation was successful by checking the events in the Lifecycle Log. a. Click View Lifecycle Log History. The View Lifecycle Log window is displayed. Note that this operation might take few minutes. b. On the View Log History page, you can verify if the RAID operation is successful. For more information about Dell Lifecycle controller, go toDell.com/ techcenter/LC . For more information about the Dell Lifecycle Controller RAID Configuration video, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=JFPmeHNENV4 Starting and target RAID levels for virtual disk reconfiguration and capacity expansion After you have created a virtual disk, the possibilities for reconfiguring the virtual disk depend on the controller, RAID level, and available physical disks. Table 18. Possible scenarios for reconfiguring a virtual disk Controller Starting RAID Level Target RAID Level PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC RAID 0 H800 Adapter, PERC H700 Adapter, PERC H700 RAID 0 Integrated, and PERC H700 RAID 0 Modular, PERC H310 Adapter, PERC H310 Mini Monolithic, PERC H310 Mini Blades, PERC H710 Adapter, PERC H710 Mini Blades, PERC H710 Mini Monolithic, PERC H710P Adapter, PERC H710P Mini Blades, PERC H710P Mini Monolithic, PERC H810 Adapter, RAID 1 PERC H330 Adapter, PERC H330 Mini Monolithic, PERC RAID 1 H330 Mini Blades, PERC H330 Embedded, PERC H730 Adapter, PERC H730 Mini Monolithic, PERC H730 Mini Blades, PERC H730P Adapter, RAID 5 PERC H730P Mini Monolithic, PERC H730P Mini Blades, PERC RAID 5 H730P Slim, PERC H830 RAID 1 RAID 0, RAID 5 RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 5, RAID 6 RAID 0 RAID 5, RAID 6 Comments Add a single disk Add at least one additional disk. RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks. Reconfiguration from RAID 0 to RAID 6 requires at least 2 additional disks even when this exceeds the 4-disk minimum required by RAID 6 With or without adding additional disks Add at least one additional disk. RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4 disks. With or without adding additional disks Add at least one additional disk. Troubleshooting hardware issues 73

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3.
Select the RAID controller to view its current virtual disk configuration and disk attributes. Click
Next
.
4.
Select the RAID level for the virtual disk that you want to create and click
Next
.
5.
On the
Select Physical Disks
screen, the default values for
Protocol
,
Media Type
, and
Encryption capability
are displayed.
6.
Select the required physical disks that you want to include in the virtual disk, and then click
Next
.
7.
On the
Virtual Disk Attributes
screen, type the virtual disk name.
NOTE:
The virtual disk name should not contain any space or special characters.
8.
Type the size of the physical disk.
The values for
Stripe Element Size
,
Read Policy
, and
Write Policy
are displayed by default.
9.
If you want to change the values for
Stripe Element
,
Read Policy
and
Write Policy
, select the required values from the respective
drop-down lists.
The
Summary
of virtual disk attributes is displayed.
10.
Click
Finish
.
11.
On the
RAID
Configuration Warning
window, click
Yes
if you wish to continue with the creation of virtual disk.
The
RAID Configuration window
is displayed. Note that this operation might take approximately one minute to complete.
12.
When the virtual disk is created successfully, the
RAID
Configuration Success
window is displayed. Click
OK
.
You are taken to the
Hardware configuration
window. Click
Back
to go to the home page.
13.
You can verify, if the RAID operation was successful by checking the events in the
Lifecycle Log
.
a.
Click
View Lifecycle Log History
. The
View Lifecycle Log
window is displayed. Note that this operation might take few
minutes.
b.
On the
View Log History
page, you can verify if the RAID operation is successful. For more information about Dell Lifecycle
controller, go to
Dell.com/ techcenter/LC
.
For more information about the Dell Lifecycle Controller RAID Configuration video, go to
v=JFPmeHNENV4
Starting and target RAID levels for virtual disk
reconfiguration and capacity expansion
After you have created a virtual disk, the possibilities for reconfiguring the virtual disk depend on the controller, RAID level, and available
physical disks.
Table 18. Possible scenarios for reconfiguring a virtual disk
Controller
Starting RAID Level
Target RAID Level
Comments
PERC 6/E, PERC 6/I, PERC
H800 Adapter, PERC H700
Adapter, PERC H700
Integrated, and PERC H700
Modular, PERC H310 Adapter,
PERC H310 Mini Monolithic,
PERC H310 Mini Blades, PERC
H710 Adapter, PERC H710 Mini
Blades, PERC H710 Mini
Monolithic, PERC H710P
Adapter, PERC H710P Mini
Blades, PERC H710P Mini
Monolithic, PERC H810 Adapter,
PERC H330 Adapter, PERC
H330 Mini Monolithic, PERC
H330 Mini Blades, PERC H330
Embedded, PERC H730
Adapter, PERC H730 Mini
Monolithic, PERC H730 Mini
Blades, PERC H730P Adapter,
PERC H730P Mini Monolithic,
PERC H730P Mini Blades, PERC
H730P Slim, PERC H830
RAID 0
RAID 1
Add a single disk
RAID 0
RAID 0, RAID 5
Add at least one additional disk.
RAID 0
RAID 6
RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4
disks.
Reconfiguration from RAID 0 to
RAID 6 requires at least 2
additional disks even when this
exceeds the 4-disk minimum
required by RAID 6
RAID 1
RAID 0
With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 1
RAID 5, RAID 6
Add at least one additional disk.
RAID 6 requires a minimum of 4
disks.
RAID 5
RAID 0
With or without adding
additional disks
RAID 5
RAID 5, RAID 6
Add at least one additional disk.
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