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Background: The background initialization can synchronize the disks, and detect and repair
the bad sector of the disks. During the background initialization, the virtual disk is allowed to
be used.
Foreground (Recommended): By using foreground initialization, the RAID will be
initialized totally and the bad sector of the hard disks can be detected and repaired. The
virtual disk can be used only after the initialization is complete.
Fast: The fast initialization usually takes short time and only initializes part of the RAID,
and cannot detect the bad sector.
12. Click the Apply button to save the settings and click OK to return to the Array interface.
13. Click Virtual Disk tab to enter the virtual disk interface. The successfully created virtual disk will
be listed on the interface.
14. Enter the HDD Information interface and the virtual disk will display. For operation guide of
initializing the virtual disk, please refer to Page 100 if you adopt foreground initialization, the
virtual disk will display in the HDD Information interface after the initialization is complete.
Figure 107 HDD Information Interface
15. After the virtual disk has been initialized, the status will change from Uninitialized to Normal.
16. Enter the Physical Disk interface to configure the hot spare disk if you have installed the fourth
disk.
Figure 108 Physical Disk Interface
17. Select the disk and click to enter the Set Hot Spare interface.