Dell PowerEdge T640 EMC Boot Optimized Server Storage-S1 Users Guide - Page 22

Creating a virtual disk, Deleting virtual disks, RAID rebuild, Erase physical disk

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Creating a virtual disk 1. Enter the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility. See Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility. 2. Click Create RAID Configuration. 3. Select the physical disks. 4. Click Next. 5. Type a name for the virtual disk in the Name field. NOTE: Adding special characters in the virtual disk name is not supported. 6. Select Yes for the option Would you like to create this virtual disk? and click OK. 7. Click Next, and then click OK. A virtual disk is created with quick initialization by default. Deleting virtual disks 1. Enter the BOSS-S1 configuration utility. See Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility. 2. Click Delete RAID configuration. 3. Select the virtual disk. 4. Select Yes for the option Are you sure you want to delete the selected Virtual Disk?. 5. Click OK, and then click Next to delete the selected virtual disk. RAID rebuild You can manually rebuild a degraded virtual disk. RAID rebuild is available only when a degraded RAID volume is present and there is an available target device. If a foreign virtual disk is in rebuild state, rebuild starts automatically after you import the virtual disk and reboot the server. Clear configuration operation does not affect any background activity, like rebuild. Erase physical disk NOTE: Erase physical disk is not supported when the physical disk is a part of virtual disk. 1. Enter the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility. See Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility. 2. Click Erase Physical Disk. 3. Select the devices by selecting the check box next to the available physical disk configuration. 4. Select Yes for the option Would you like to erase this Physical Disk?. 5. Click Next. After the physical disk is successfully erased, the Physical Disk Information tab shows the physical disk status as unconfigured. Controller information The Controller information menu allows you to view the properties of the RAID Controller. 1. Enter the BOSS-S1 configuration utility. See Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility. 2. Click Controller information. The RAID adapter information is displayed. Clear controller configuration The clear config operation is used to clear RAID metadata from the adapter. NOTE: The clear config operation does not delete any data on the virtual disk. 1. Click Controller information. 2. Select Clear Config. 22 UEFI or HII RAID configuration utility

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Creating a virtual disk
1.
Enter the
BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility
. See
Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility
.
2.
Click
Create RAID Configuration
.
3.
Select the physical disks.
4.
Click
Next
.
5.
Type a name for the virtual disk in the
Name
field.
NOTE:
Adding special characters in the virtual disk name is not supported.
6.
Select
Yes
for the option
Would you like to create this virtual disk?
and click
OK
.
7.
Click
Next
, and then click
OK
.
A virtual disk is created with quick initialization by default.
Deleting virtual disks
1.
Enter the
BOSS-S1 configuration utility
. See
Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility
.
2.
Click
Delete RAID configuration
.
3.
Select the virtual disk.
4.
Select
Yes
for the option
Are you sure you want to delete the selected Virtual Disk?
.
5.
Click
OK
, and then click
Next
to delete the selected virtual disk.
RAID rebuild
You can manually rebuild a degraded virtual disk. RAID rebuild is available only when a degraded RAID volume is present and there is an
available target device. If a foreign virtual disk is in rebuild state, rebuild starts automatically after you import the virtual disk and reboot the
server. Clear configuration operation does not affect any background activity, like rebuild.
Erase physical disk
NOTE:
Erase physical disk is not supported when the physical disk is a part of virtual disk.
1.
Enter the
BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility
. See
Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility
.
2.
Click
Erase Physical Disk
.
3.
Select the devices by selecting the check box next to the available physical disk configuration.
4.
Select
Yes
for the option
Would you like to erase this Physical Disk?
.
5.
Click
Next
.
After the physical disk is successfully erased, the
Physical Disk
Information tab shows the physical disk status as
unconfigured
.
Controller information
The Controller information menu allows you to view the properties of the RAID Controller.
1.
Enter the
BOSS-S1 configuration utility
. See
Entering the BOSS-S1 Configuration Utility
.
2.
Click
Controller information
.
The RAID adapter information is displayed.
Clear controller configuration
The clear config operation is used to clear RAID metadata from the adapter.
NOTE:
The clear config operation does not delete any data on the virtual disk.
1.
Click
Controller information
.
2.
Select
Clear Config
.
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UEFI or HII RAID configuration utility