Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 User’s Guide H330, H730, and H830

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Virtual disk management

The Virtual Disk Management screen, VD Mgmt is the first screen that is displayed when you access a RAID controller from the main menu screen on the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl> <R>). The left panel displays the menus for the virtual disk management as given below:

Controller—Consists of the sub-menu item Disk Group which again has the following sub-menu items:

Virtual Disks
Physical Disks
Total Free Capacity (virtual disk size and free space you can use to create a virtual disk)
Hot Spares (global and dedicated)

The right panel displays detailed information for the selected controllers, disk groups, virtual disks, physical disks, total free capacity, and hot spares, as shown in the following table:

Table 1. Information on the virtual disk management screenInformation on the virtual disk management screen.
Menu Item Selected in Left Panel	Information Displayed in Right Panel
Controller	Controller Properties: Number of disk groups (DG) Number of virtual disks (VD) Number of physical disks (PD)
Disk Group #	Disk Group # Properties: 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 Security property of the Disk Group
Virtual Disks	Disk Group # Properties: Number of virtual disks (VD) Number of physical disks (PD) Space available in the virtual disk Number of free segments Number of dedicated hot spares
Virtual Disk #	Virtual Disk # Properties: RAID level (0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, or 60) RAID status of the virtual disk (Failed, Degraded, Partially Degraded, or Optimal) Operation currently in progress Disk Group # Properties: 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
Physical Disks	Disk Group # Properties: 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
Physical Disk #	Physical Disk Properties: Vendor name Physical disk state Enclosure Position Slot Position Disk Group # Properties: 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
Total Free Capacity	Disk Group # Properties: 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
Hot Spares	Physical Disk Properties: Vendor name Physical disk state Enclosure Position Slot Position Disk Group # Properties: 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