Creating a Channel-Redundant Virtual Disk

About this task

NOTE: Channel redundancy only applies to controllers that have more than one channel and that attach to an external disk enclosure.

The following instructions provide information on creating a virtual disk that uses channel redundancy.

Steps

  1. Launch the Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard:
    1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, click Storage dashboard.
    2. Locate the controller on which you are creating a channel-redundant virtual disk and expand the controller object until the Virtual Disks object is displayed.
    3. Select Virtual Disks and click Go To The Create Virtual Disk Wizard.
    4. Click Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard.
  2. Follow the steps in Create Virtual Disk Advanced Wizard.
  3. Click Exit Wizard to cancel the virtual disk creation. In this step, you select the channels and the disks to be used by the virtual disk. The selections you make determine whether the virtual disk is channel-redundant.

    There are specific RAID level and configuration requirements for implementing channel redundancy. You must select the same number of physical disks on each channel that you use. For information on the number of physical disks that can be used for different RAID levels, see Number of Physical Disks per Virtual Disk. For information on controller-specific implementations of the RAID levels, see Controller - Supported RAID Levels.