140 Intel
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RAID Software User’s Guide
Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations
This section explains how to use Intel
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RAID Web Console 2 to maintain and manage storage
configurations. You must log on to the system in Full Access mode to complete these
maintenance and management tasks. This following maintenance and management functions
can be done:
• Initializing a Virtual Disk
• Running a Consistency Check
• Rebuilding a Drive
• Removing a Drive
• Flashing the Firmware
Initializing a Virtual Disk
When you create a new virtual disk with the Configuration Wizard, you can choose to
initialize the disk initialized immediately. To initialize a virtual disk after the configuration
process, follow these steps:
1. Select the Virtual tab in the left panel, and click the icon of the virtual disk to initialize.
2. Select Manage -> Initialize.
Figure 89. Selecting Initialize
The Group Initialize dialog box is displayed.
3. Select the virtual disk(s) to initialize. If you want to use this option, select Fast
Initialization.