Dell EMC BOSS-S1 - Creating Virtual Disks; Deleting Virtual Disks; RAID Rebuild; Erase Physical Disk

Virtual disk import
The Import operation sets a foreign virtual disk as native to the conguration.
1 Click Virtual disk information.
2 Select Import.
3 Press Enter.
Creating virtual disks
1 Enter the BOSS-S1 conguration utility. See Navigating to BOSS-S1 Conguration Utility.
2 Click create RAID conguration.
3 Select the devices by selecting the radio button next to the available physical disks.
4 Click Next.
5 Specify the name for the virtual disk in the Name eld.
NOTE: Usage of special characters is allowed but HII will display a warning message.
6 Select Quick initialization option as either Yes or No when displayed.
7 Virtual disks are created with Quick initialization by default.
Deleting virtual disks
1 Enter the BOSS-S1 conguration utility. See Navigating to BOSS-S1 Conguration Utility.
2 Click Delete RAID conguration.
3 Select the virtual disk by selecting the check box next to the available RAID conguration.
4 Select Yes by selecting the radio button next to the message Are you sure you want to delete the selected
Virtual Disk?.
5 Click Next to delete the selected virtual disk.
RAID rebuild
You can manually rebuild a degraded virtual disk. RAID rebuild is available only when a degraded RAID volume is present and there is an
available target device. If a foreign virtual disk has rebuild state, rebuild starts automatically when the virtual disk is imported. Clear
conguration operation does not aect any BGA like rebuild.
Erase physical disk
1 Enter the BOSS-S1 Conguration Utility. See Navigating to BOSS-S1 Conguration Utility.
2 Click Erase Physical Disk.
3 Select the devices by selecting the check box next to the available Physical Disk conguration.
4 Select the radio button Yes next to the message : Would you like to erase this Physical Disk?
5 Click Next.
After the Physical Disk is successfully erased, the Physical Disk Information tab shows the Physical Disk status as uncongured.
NOTE
: Erase physical disk is not supported when physical disk is part of Virtual disk.
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