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Viewing Virtual Disk Properties Using RACADM, Creating Virtual Disk Using CMC Web Interface

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Viewing Virtual Disk Properties Using RACADM To view virtual disk properties using RACADM, run the command racadm raid get vdisks -o For more information, see the Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference Guide. Creating Virtual Disk Using CMC Web Interface Make sure that the physical disk is installed in the chassis. NOTE: Deleting a virtual disk removes the virtual disk from the controller's configuration. To create a virtual disk: 1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Create. 2. On the Create Virtual Disk page, under the Settings section, type appropriate data, and from the Select Physical Disks section, select the number of physical disk drives on the basis of RAID level selected earlier, and then click Create Virtual Disk. Applying Virtual Adapter Access Policy To Virtual Disks Make sure that physical disk drives are installed and the virtual disks are created. To apply the virtual adapter access policy: 1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Assign. 2. On the Assign Virtual Disks page, under the Access Policy for Virtual Adapters section, from the Virtual Adapter drop-down menu, select Full Access to each physical disk drive. 3. Click Apply. You can now assign virtual adapters to server slots. For more information, see the Assigning Virtual Adapters to Slots section in this User's Guide. Modifying Virtual Disk Properties Using CMC Web Interface To modify the virtual disk properties: 1. In the left pane, click Chassis Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Manage. 2. On the Manage Virtual Disks page, from the Virtual Disk Actions drop-down menu, select one of the following actions, and then click Apply. - Rename - Delete NOTE: If you select Delete, the following message is shown indicating that deleting a virtual disk will permanently delete data available in that virtual disk. Deleting the virtual disk removes the virtual disk from the controller's configuration. Initializing the virtual disk permanently erases data from the virtual disk. 164

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Viewing Virtual Disk Properties Using RACADM
To view virtual disk properties using RACADM, run the command
racadm raid get vdisks -o
For more information, see the
Chassis Management Controller for PowerEdge VRTX RACADM Command Line Reference
Guide
.
Creating Virtual Disk Using CMC Web Interface
Make sure that the physical disk is installed in the chassis.
NOTE:
Deleting a virtual disk removes the virtual disk from the controller's configuration.
To create a virtual disk:
1.
In the left pane, click
Chassis Overview
→
Storage
→
Virtual Disks
→
Create
.
2.
On the
Create Virtual Disk
page, under the
Settings
section, type appropriate data, and from the
Select Physical
Disks
section, select the number of physical disk drives on the basis of RAID level selected earlier, and then click
Create Virtual Disk
.
Applying Virtual Adapter Access Policy To Virtual Disks
Make sure that physical disk drives are installed and the virtual disks are created.
To apply the virtual adapter access policy:
1.
In the left pane, click
Chassis Overview
→
Storage
→
Virtual Disks
→
Assign
.
2.
On the
Assign Virtual Disks
page, under the
Access Policy for Virtual Adapters
section, from the
Virtual Adapter
<number>
drop-down menu, select
Full Access
to each physical disk drive.
3.
Click
Apply
.
You can now assign virtual adapters to server slots. For more information, see the Assigning Virtual Adapters to Slots
section in this User's Guide.
Modifying Virtual Disk Properties Using CMC Web Interface
To modify the virtual disk properties:
1.
In the left pane, click
Chassis Overview
→
Storage
→
Virtual Disks
→
Manage
.
2.
On the
Manage Virtual Disks
page, from the
Virtual Disk Actions
drop-down menu, select one of the following
actions, and then click
Apply
.
–
Rename
–
Delete
NOTE:
If you select Delete, the following message is shown indicating that deleting a virtual disk will
permanently delete data available in that virtual disk.
Deleting the virtual disk removes the virtual disk from the controller's
configuration. Initializing the virtual disk permanently erases data
from the virtual disk.
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