HP NetRAID 1 Controller - Manual (Page 44)

40
Individual Initialization
To initialize an individual logical drive, perform the following steps:
1. Choose the Objects option from the HP NetRAID Config Management Menu. Choose the
logical drive option from the Objects menu.
2. Select the logical drive to be initialized.
3. Choose Initialize from the Action menu. The progress of the initialization appears as a bar
graph on the screen.
4. When initialization completes, press any key to return to the previous menu.
F. Using Logical Drives in the Operating System
For information on an operating system other than DOS, see the software manual accompanying the
drivers for that operating system. To use the logical drive(s) in DOS, follow these steps:
1. Exit HP NetRAID Config and reboot the NetServer.
2. Run DOS FDISK and configure one or more partitions using the logical drives. (FDISK can
only read a maximum of 2 GB, and can only read the first 8 logical drives.)
3. Format the partitions with the FORMAT command.
G. Formatting Physical Drives
Since most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory, this step is usually not necessary.
Hewlett-Packard drives do not require formatting. You typically must format a disk if:
•
The disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory.
•
There is an excessive number of media errors detected on the disk drive.
NOTE Formatting a physical drive erases all information on the disk.
Media Errors
Check the properties screen for the drive you wish to format. You can check this screen by choosing
Objects from the physical drive menu, pressing the arrow keys to highlight the selected drive and
pressing F2.
The error count appears at the bottom of the properties screen. If you feel that the number of errors
is excessive, you should probably format the disk drive. If there are more than 32 media errors
detected, the adapter automatically puts the drive in FAIL state. In such cases formatting the drive
can clear up the problem.
You do not have to use the Format option to erase existing information on your SCSI disks, such as a
DOS partition. That information is erased when you initialize logical drives.
Formatting Options
You can format the physical drives using one of HP NetRAID Config’s two formatting options:
•
Batch Formatting lets you format up to eight disk drives simultaneously.
•
Individual Formatting lets you format a single disk drive.