For Dell servers, you use the Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) to create a RAID volume that uses all physical disks on a server.
Procedure
- Start or restart the Dell PowerEdge server.
- Press Ctrl+R to access the Perc 6/I Integrated BIOS Configuration Utility.
The configuration utility opens and shows the VD Mgmt tab. - To create a new virtual disk, press F2 and select Create New VD.
- Select an appropriate RAID configuration from the RAID Level drop-down menu.
- Under Physical Disks, select the hard disks that you want to include in the virtual disk.
- Select OK and press Enter.
The virtual disk is created. - Expand the Disk Group option, and under Virtual Disks, select the newly created virtual disk and press F2 to open the Operations menu.
- From the Operations menu, select Initialization > Start Init. to initialize the new virtual disk.
The new RAID volume is ready for use.
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