Performing Common Tasks
9. To ensure that your server operates correctly, you must select
Initialize Logical Drive. This sets the drive to a predetermined
state. The initialization process overwrites any data on the drive
with zeros.
a. Select Initialize/Synchronize Log Drive from the Main
Menu; then select Initialize Logical Drive.
b. Select the logical drives you want to initialize from the
Logical Drive list by pressing the Spacebar (the selected
drives will appear highlighted). To start the initialization,
press Enter. A pop-up window appears, asking you to
confirm your action.
Attention: If you select Yes in the Confirm pop-up
window, information in the logical drive will be overwritten
with zeros.
c. Select Yes to confirm that you want to initialize this logical
drive.
The initialization process begins, and you can see its
progress in the Pct. Int. (Percent Initialized) column of the
Logical Drive list.
d. To stop the initialization at any time, press Esc. Then press
Esc again to return to the menu, or press Enter to continue
initializing the drive.
e. If you defined the drive as RAID level 5, select
Initialize/Synchronize Log Drive from the Main Menu;
then, select Synchronize Logical Drive before storing data.
10. To back up the disk-array configuration to diskette, you will
need a 3.5-inch formatted diskette. To back up the disk-array
configuration:
a. Select Advanced Functions from the Main Menu.
b. Select Backup config. to diskette.
Follow the instructions on the screen. A pop-up window
shows the default file name of CONFIG. You can change
the file name by typing over the default. The Backup
program will assign a file-name extension of .ips.
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