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
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