Support for Advanced Format Block Size 4 KB Hard-Disk Drives
Storage Management supports virtual disk creation on Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drives connected to PERC 9 and later of hardware controllers.
NOTE: Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drives are not supported on controllers prior to PERC 9 family of hardware controllers. If the Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drive is connected to any hardware controller prior to PERC 9, the Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drive is displayed as
Unsupported.
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- When you create a virtual disk using the
Advanced Wizard, you can select the physical disk sector from the
Logical Block Size drop-down list. The options available are:
- 512B
- 4KB
- You cannot use both Block Size 4 KB hard-disk drives and 512 B sector hard-disk drives for a virtual disk creation as mixing of hard-disk drive sectors is not allowed in Storage Management.
NOTE: If the system contains any 512e sector hard-disk drives, the 512e sector hard-disk drives are identified or reported as 512 B sector hard-disk drives and follows the behavior of the 512 B sector hard-disk drives.