Virtual Disk Actions - Dell PowerEdge H730P User Manual

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Virtual Disk Actions

The following table describes the actions you can perform on virtual disks. For detailed information on
each action below, see
Table 6. Virtual Disk Actions
Action
Create a new virtual
disk
Manage dedicated
hot spares
Initialize a virtual disk
Check data
consistency on a
virtual disk
Display or update
virtual disk
parameters
Manage preserved
cache
Delete a virtual disk
Delete a disk group
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Virtual Disk Management.
Description
Creates a new virtual disk from one or more physical disks. You can configure
hot spares when you create a virtual disk.
Creates or deletes a hot spare, which is dedicated to a single redundant virtual
disk.
Initializes the selected virtual disk. You must initialize every virtual disk that is
configured. You can perform a fast initialization or a full initialization.
Verifies the correctness of the redundancy data in the selected virtual disk. The
option is available only if RAID level 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60 is used. The PERC
H730P card automatically corrects any differences found in the data.
Displays the properties of the selected virtual disk. You can modify the cache
write policy and read policy from the menu.
Preserves the dirty cache from a virtual disk if it goes offline or is deleted. The
dirty cache is preserved until you import the virtual disk or discard the cache.
Deletes the virtual disk and frees up disk space to create another virtual disk.
Deletes a disk group, which is a collection of disks from one or more disk
subsystems controlled by the management software.
Number of physical disks (PD)
Space available on the physical disks
Number of free segments
Number of dedicated hot spares
Vendor name
Physical disk state
Enclosure Position
Slot Position
Number of virtual disks (VD)
Number of physical disks (PD)
Space available on the physical disks
Number of free segments
Number of dedicated hot spares