Dell PowerVault MD3200i Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual page 51

2 Click Next. The Disk Group Name and Physical Disk Selection window is
displayed.
3 Type a name (up to 30 characters) for the disk group in Disk Group Name
field.
4 Select the appropriate configuration method of Physical Disk selection
from the following:
– Automatic (see step 6)
– Manual (see step 7)
5 Click Next.
6 For automatic configuration, the RAID Level and Capacity window is
displayed.
Select the appropriate RAID level in the Select RAIDl Level field. You
a
can select RAID levels 0, 1/10, 6, and 5. Depending on your RAID level
selection, the physical disks available for the selected RAID level is
displayed in the Select Capacity table.
In the Select Capacity table, select the relevant disk group capacity
b
and click Finish.
7 For manual configuration, the Manual Physical Disk Selection window is
displayed.
Select the appropriate RAID level in Select RAID level. You can select
a
RAID levels 0, 1/10, 6, and 5. Depending on your RAID level selection,
the physical disks available for the selected RAID level is displayed in
Unselected Physical Disks table.
In the Unselected Physical Disks table, select the appropriate physical
b
disks and click Add.
NOTE:
You can select multiple physical disks at the same time by holding <Ctrl> or
<Shift> and selecting additional physical disks.
8 Click Calculate Capacity to view the capacity of the new disk group.
9 Click Finish. A message is displayed confirming that the disk group is
successfully created and that you must create at least one virtual disk
before you can use the capacity of the new disk group.
To create virtual disks:
1 Choose one of these methods to start the Create Virtual Disk Wizard:
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