Dell H710 Server User Manual


 
6 Contents
5 Management Applications
for PERC Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Dell OpenManage Storage Management . . . . . . . . 51
BIOS Configuration Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility
. . . . . . . 52
Exiting the Configuration Utility
. . . . . . . . . . . 53
Menu Navigation Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Setting Up Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Virtual Disk Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Creating Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Converting Physical Disk to
RAID Capable for PERC H310
. . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Converting Physical Disk to
Non-RAID for PERC H310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Initializing Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Checking Data Consistency. . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Importing or Clearing Foreign
Configurations Using the VD Mgmt Menu . . . . . 63
Importing or Clearing Foreign
Configurations Using the Foreign
Configuration View Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Break Mirror
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Managing Preserved Cache
. . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Managing Dedicated Hot Spares. . . . . . . . . . 69
Deleting Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Deleting Disk Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Clearing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
BIOS Configuration Utility Menu Options
. . . . . . . . 71
Virtual Disk Management (VD Mgmt)
. . . . . . . . 72
Virtual Disk Actions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Physical Disk Management (PD Mgmt)
. . . . . . . 77
Physical Disk Actions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78