Toshiba Magnia 560S - Manual (Page 133)

Initializing Logical Drives
MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility
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Initializing Logical Drives
Initialize each new logical drive you configure. You can initialize the logical drives
using:
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Batch Initialization. The Initialize option in the main menu lets you initialize up to
40 logical drives simultaneously.
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Individual Initialization. The Objects/Logical Drive action menu for an individual
logical drive has an Initialize option.
Batch Initialization
Follow these steps to use batch initialization:
1. Select Initialize from the Configuration Utility Management Menu.
A list of the current logical drives displays.
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight drives.
3. Press the spacebar to select a logical drive for initialization or press <F2> to
select/deselect all logical drives.
4. After you select the logical drives, press <F10> and select Yes from the
confirmation prompt.
The progress of the initialization for each drive is shown in bar graph format.
5. When initialization is complete, press any key to continue.
6. Press <Esc> to display the Management Menu.
Individual Initialization
Follow these steps to initialize one drive:
1. Select Objects from the MegaRAID Configuration Utility Management Menu.
2. Select Logical Drive from the Objects menu.
3. Select the logical drive to be initialized.
The action menu displays.
4. Select Initialize from the action menu.
Initialization progress appears as a bar graph on the screen.
5. When initialization completes, press any key to display the previous menu.