Dell 6 series User Manual page 87

15 Perform the following steps to select the virtual disk parameters:
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to the parameters you want
a
to change.
Press the down-arrow key to open the parameters and scroll down the
b
list of settings.
To change the stripe element size, press <Tab> to highlight Stripe
c
Element Size.
Press <Enter> to display the list of stripe element sizes (8 KB, 16 KB,
d
32 KB, 64 KB, 128 KB, 256 KB, 512 KB, and 1024 KB). Press the
down-arrow key to highlight the desired option and press <Enter>.
The default is 64 KB.
If you need to change the read policy, press <Tab> to move the cursor
e
to Read Policy.
Press <Enter> to display the options (No Read Ahead, Read Ahead,
f
or Adaptive Read Ahead). Press the down-arrow key to highlight the
desired option and press <Enter>.
If you need to change the write policy, press <Tab> to move the
g
cursor to Write Policy.
Press <Enter> to display the options (Write-Through, Write Back).
h
Press the down-arrow key to highlight an option and press <Enter>.
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Force WB with no battery and
i
press <Enter>. If you chose Write-Through as the write policy, then
this option is not available.
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Initialize and press <Enter>.
j
CAUTION:
Do not initialize virtual disks when attempting to recreate an existing
configuration.
NOTE:
The initialization performed at this stage is fast initialization.
Press <Tab> to move the cursor to Configure HotSpare and press
k
<Enter>.
NOTE:
The hot spare created at this stage is a dedicated hot spare.
Configuring and Managing RAID
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