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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) S130 User’s Guide

Creating the virtual disks

  1. Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility. See Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility .
  2. Select Create Virtual Disks from the Main Menu screen and press <Enter>.
    • NOTE: Create boot virtual disk only from disk drives populated across slots 0-3 of the system.
  3. In the Physical Disks field, select the physical disk(s) on which you want to create a virtual disk:
    1. To select a physical disk, press <Insert>.
    2. After selecting the physical disk(s) to be included in the virtual disk, press <Enter>.
  4. In the User Input field, use the arrow keys to select a virtual disk type (RAID level) and press <Enter>.
  5. Select a size for the virtual disk, depending on the available free space of the physical disks and press <Enter>.
  6. In the User Input field, select a Caching Mode . Press <Enter>.
  7. Press the <C> key to confirm that you want to create the virtual disk.

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