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Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 2 of 2)

Dell OpenManage™ Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide

Does my controller support this feature? See "Appendix: Supported Features."

This screen displays the virtual disk attributes and enables you to assign a dedicated hot spare to the virtual disk.

Do the following:

  1. Review the virtual disk attributes displayed in the Summary of Virtual Disk Attributes and the Selected Physical Disks sections of the screen. These sections display the selections you made using "Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2)" and the physical disks that the Express Wizard selected.

If you need to change a selection, click Go Back To Previous Page to return to "Create Virtual Disk Express Wizard (Step 1 of 2)".

NOTE: If a physical disk is receiving a SMART alert, it cannot be used in a virtual disk. For more information on SMART alerts, see "Monitoring Disk Reliability on RAID Controllers."
  1. Review the Assign Dedicated Hot Spare section. A hot spare is an unused backup physical disk that can be used to rebuild data from a redundant virtual disk. See "Protecting Your Virtual Disk with a Hot Spare" for more information.

Select the Physical Disk check box if you want to assign a dedicated hot spare.

The Physical Disk check box is not available if the controller does not have a physical disk that is a suitable hot spare for the virtual disk you are creating. For example, the available physical disks may be too small to protect the virtual disk. If the Physical Disk check box is not available, you may need to specify a smaller virtual disk, use a different RAID level, or change the disk selection using the Create Virtual Disk Advanced wizard.

  1. Do one of the following:


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