Dell H200 Video Gaming Accessories User Manual


 
PERC H200 and 6Gbps SAS HBA BIOS 55
CAUTION: Data on all disks will be lost. It is recommended that you back up all
data before performing these steps.
There are several limitations when creating a RAID 10 virtual disk:
All disks must be either Dell-compliant SAS or SATA HDDs or SSDs.
SAS and SATA physical disks cannot be used in the same virtual disk.
HDDs and SSDs cannot be used in the same virtual disk.
There must be a minimum of 4 physical disks and a maximum of
10 physical disks in a RAID 10 virtual disk. An even number of
physical disks need to be selected for a RAID 10 volume.
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Press <C> and then select
Save changes
when the virtual disk has been
fully configured.
NOTE: There is an option to create a hot spare for a RAID 10 virtual disk.
After the virtual disk is created, entering the Manage Hot Spares screen
allows the option to assign a hot spare. Only drives that are compatible with
the new virtual disk configuration can be selected. There is a maximum of
2 hot spares supported globally. Hot spares only apply to a redundant volume
if it is of the same type and at least the same capacity of the volume.
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Once the virtual disk has been created, a Background Initialization is
automatically scheduled on the virtual disk.
NOTE: RAID 10 provides protection against the failure of multiple physical
disks, as long as both drives within a mirrored pair do not fail. When a disk
fails, the physical disk can be replaced and the data re-mirrored to the
physical disk, maintaining data integrity.
NOTE: Only one background task can be performed on the PERC H200 card at any
time. If there is already a resynchronization or Background Initialization in progress
on another virtual disk when a new virtual disk is created, the Background
Initialization for the new virtual disk will be scheduled and given a status of BGI
Pending. The pending Background Initialization will automatically start when the
existing background process completes.
NOTE: A background initialization automatically starts after you configure a RAID 1
virtual disk. Once started, the background initialization process cannot be stopped.
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