Setting Up Virtual Disks - Dell PowerEdge H730P User Manual

Notation Meaning and Use
<Shift> Press <Shift> <Tab> to move the cursor to the
<Tab> previous control on a dialog or page.
<Ctrl> Press <Ctrl> <N> to move to the next menu
<N> screen among the main menu screens: VD
Mgmt, PD Mgmt, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign
View.
<Ctrl> Press <Ctrl> <P> to move to the previous
<P> menu screen among the main menu screens:
VD Mgmt, PD Mgmt, Ctrl Mgmt, and Foreign
View.
<F1> Press <F1> to accessHelp information. The
Help screens display a glossary of topics you
can use to access information about
navigation, RAID levels, and general topics.
<F2> Press <F2> to access the context menu,
which displays the list of options.
<F5> Press <F5> to refresh the information on the
screen.
<F11> Switch between two controllers.
<F12> Press <F12> to display a list of controllers.
Spacebar Press the <spacebar> to select an item.

Setting Up Virtual Disks

You can set up a disk group and create virtual disks using the procedures in this section. Each procedure
is explained individually in this section in detail.
To set up virtual disks:
1. Create virtual disks. See
2. Select the virtual disk options.
3. Designate hot spares (optional).
For more information, see
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Creating A Virtual Disks.
Managing Dedicated Hot
Example
Press <Shift> <Tab> to move the cursor from
Sort By to the previously selected PD in
thePD Mgmt screen.
Press <Ctrl> <N> on the VD Mgmt screen to
move to the PD Mgmt screen.
Press <Ctrl> <P> on the PD Mgmt screen to
move to the VD Mgmt screen.
<F1>
<F2>
<F5>
<F11>
<F12>
Press the <spacebar> to select or deselect a
controller setting in the Ctrl Mgmt View.
Spares.