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3-8 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility
Version 2.0 Copyright © 2006 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
You can create a hotspare when you are configuring a new storage
configuration, as described in the previous sections. To add a hotspare
drive to an existing redundant storage configuration, follow these steps:
1. Select Objects from the Management Menu.
2. Select Physical Drive. A list of physical drives appears.
3. Select an unconfigured drive or Ready drive from the list, and press
Enter.
4. When the Physical Drive Property menu appears, select Make Hot
Spare and press Enter.
5. Select Yes from the pop-up menu to create the hotspare drive.
Note: To remove a hotspare drive, perform steps 1 and 2 above,
select the HOTSP disk, press Enter, select Force Offline,
and press Enter. The status of the drive changes to
READY, and it can then be used in another new array.
3.2.5 Initializing Logical Drives
Caution: When you initialize a logical drive all existing data on the
logical drive is erased.
This section explains the two methods of initializing a logical drive with
the MegaRAID BIOS CU. If the Fast Init property is enabled, fast
initialization will be used. In fast initialization, the MegaRAID BIOS CU
quickly writes zeroes to the first and last 8 Mbyte regions of the new
logical drive. If the Fast Init property is not enabled, the MegaRAID BIOS
CU performs a complete initialization on the logical drive. This may take
a long time if the physical disk drives are large.
(First Initialization Method) Follow these steps to initialize a logical
drive using the Initialize menu.
1. On the Management Menu, select Initialize.
2. Use the spacebar to highlight the logical drive to initialize.
The logical drive name is highlighted in yellow. To deselect it,
highlight the logical drive and press the spacebar again.
3. Press F10.
4. Select Yes at the prompt and press Enter to begin the initialization.