Dell PowerEdge - Creating Virtual Disks; Deleting Virtual Disks

Converting to Non-RAID disks
WARNING: You may lose data while converting a disk to a Non-RAID disk.
1 Enter the BIOS conguration utility. See Entering the BIOS conguration utility.
2 Use the arrow keys to select Initializing the physical disks menu and press Enter.
3 Select Convert to Non-RAID disk and press Enter.
4 Press C to continue.
5 In the Physical Disks menu, use the arrow keys to move between the physical disks and press Insert to select the desired physical
disk.
6 Press Enter.
The selected physical disk is converted to Non-RAID disks.
Creating the virtual disks
1 Enter the BIOS Conguration Utility. See Entering the BIOS conguration utility.
2 Select Create Virtual Disks from the Main Menu screen and press <Enter>.
NOTE: The S140 controller supports a maximum of 16 virtual disks per physical disk. You cannot modify any feature
settings in UEFI or OPROM if the number of virtual disks exceeds the maximum limit of 16. For more information about
troubleshooting this issue, see Unable to modify any feature settings in UEFI or OPROM.
3 In the Physical Disks eld, select the physical disk on which you want to create a virtual disk:
a To select a physical disk, press Insert.
b After selecting the physical disk to be included in the virtual disk, press Enter.
4 In the User Input eld, 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 eld, select a Caching Mode. Press Enter.
7 Press C to conrm that you want to create the virtual disk.
Selecting virtual disk sizes while creating a virtual disk
To create a virtual disk size of < 2.199 TB:
1 Use the Page Up or Page Down keys to select a size displayed incrementally, or use the up arrow or down arrow keys to select a size
displayed decrementally.
2 Continue with Creating the virtual disks.
To create a virtual disk size of > 2.199 TB:
1 Press the Page Up or the up arrow key to increase the virtual disk size. At the maximum size, a dialog box is displayed in the User
Input eld. It inquires if you want to limit the size of the virtual disk or exceed the normal maximum size.
2 Press Esc to create a larger virtual disk.
3 Press the Page Up or the up arrow key until the desired or maximum available size has been attained.
4 Continue with Creating the virtual disks.
Deleting the virtual disks
1 Enter the BIOS Conguration Utility. See Entering the BIOS conguration utility.
2 In the Main Menu screen, select Deleting Virtual Disk using the arrow keys and press Enter.
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BIOS Conguration Utility