Dell 6 series User Manual

4 Contents
Initializing Virtual Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Background Initialization
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Full Initialization of Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . 26
Fast Initialization of Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . 26
Consistency Checks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Disk Roaming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Disk Migration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Compatibility With Virtual Disks Created
on PERC 5 Controllers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Compatibility With Virtual Disks Created
on SAS 6/iR Controllers
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Migrating Virtual Disks from SAS 6/iR
to PERC 6 and CERC 6/i
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Battery Management
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Battery Warranty Information
. . . . . . . . . . . 30
Battery Learn Cycle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Virtual Disk Write Cache Policies
. . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Write-Back and Write-Through
. . . . . . . . . . . 32
Conditions Under Which Write-Back
is Employed
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Conditions Under Which Write-Through
is Employed
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Conditions Under Which Forced Write-Back
With No Battery is Employed
. . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Virtual Disk Read Policies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Reconfiguring Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Fault Tolerance Features
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Physical Disk Hot Swapping
. . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Failed Physical Disk Detection
. . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Dell 6 series Specifications

General

Processor	Intel Core i5 or i7
Graphics	Intel HD Graphics
Display	15.6-inch HD
Operating System	Windows 7
Battery	6-cell Lithium-Ion