Users Guide

Configuration management
Auto Configure RAID 0
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Configuration Management > Auto Configure RAID 0.
3. Select Confirm and click Yes to continue.
A RAID 0 Virtual disk is created on all physical disks that are in Ready state.
Create virtual disks
Steps
1. Enter the Dell PERC 11 Configuration Utility. See, Navigate to Dell PERC 11 configuration utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Configuration Management > Create Virtual Disk.
The following list of options are displayed for you to define the virtual disk parameters:
Option Description
Create Virtual Disk Allows you to create virtual disk selecting the RAID level,
physical disks, and virtual disk parameters
Select RAID level Allows you to choose the RAID level of your choice
Secure Virtual Disk If you want to create a secured virtual disk, select Secure
Virtual Disk.
NOTE: The Secure Virtual Disk option is enabled by
default, only if the security key has been configured.
Only SED physical disks are listed.
Select Physical Disks From Allows you to select one of the physical disk capacities:
● Unconfigured Capacity: creates a virtual disk on
unconfigured physical disks.
● Free Capacity: utilizes unused physical disk capacity
that is already part of a disk group.
Select Physical Disks If you want to select the physical disks from which the
virtual disks are being created, click Select Physical
Disks. This option is displayed if you select Unconfigured
Capacity as your physical disk capacity.
Select Disk Groups If you want to select the disk groups from which the virtual
disks are being created, click Select Disk Group. This
option is displayed if you select Free Capacity as your
physical disk capacity.
Configure Virtual Disk Parameters Allows you to set the virtual disk parameters when creating
the virtual disk. For more information, see Configuring virtual
disk parameters.
3. Click Create Virtual Disk.
The virtual disk is created successfully.
Configure virtual disk parameters
Steps
1. Create a virtual disk, see Creating the virtual disks.
The Configure Virtual Disk Parameters section is displayed on the Create Virtual Disk screen.
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