IBM 88743BU - System x3950 E User Manual page 205

Planning, installing, and managing
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to create further virtual disks on the same disk group. The space that is
available is called a
i. After reviewing and changing all options, click Accept to confirm the
changes or Reclaim to return to previous settings.
j. Click Next when you are finished defining virtual disks.
k. If necessary, click Back to create a further virtual drive,
l. Click Next to jump to the wizard's step 3 - Configuration Preview.
m. Press Accept to save the configuration. At the following message, select
Yes to save and initialize:
Save this Configuration? <No> / <Yes>
All Data on the new Virtual Disks will be lost. Want to
Initialize? <No> / <Yes>
Note: After you confirm to save the new configuration, the new created virtual
disks are shown in the Virtual Drives view at the Home Screen View.
Add Configuration
This option retains the old configuration and then adds new drives to the
configuration. You can add new virtual disks by using Auto Configuration after
inserting new disks, or by using Custom Configuration if you have unallocated
space (a
hole
) in the assigned disk groups.
Note: This is the safest operation because it does not result in any data loss.
Events option
The WebBIOS Event Information panel keeps any actions and errors that are
reported by the selected controller. The events can be filtered at the different
RAID components for:
Virtual Disk
Physical Device
Enclosure
BBU
SAS
Boot/Shutdown
Configuration
Cluster
The events can be filtered to the following criteria:
Informal
Warning
hole.
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