User`s guide

Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ● 91
Formatting and Verifying Disk Drives
You can use the disk utilities to low-level format or verify your disk drives. (New disk drives
are low-level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low-level formatted again.)
Caution:
Before you format a disk drive, back up all data. Formatting destroys all data on
a disk drive.
To format or verify a disk drive:
1 Start the ARC utility (see page 85).
2 Select the controller you want, then press Enter.
3 Select Disk Utilities.
4 Select the disk drive you want, then press Enter.
5 Select Format Disk or Verif y D isk Medi a .
Locating Disk Drives
Note: This feature is only available with disk drives that have an activity LED.
You can use the Identify Drive feature to physically locate a disk drive by blinking the LED.
To locate a disk drive:
1 Start the ARC utility (see page 85).
2 Select the controller you want, then press Enter.
3 Select Disk Utilities.
4 Select the disk drive you want, then press Enter.
5 Select Identify Drive, then press Enter.
6 When you have finished locating your disk drive, press any key to stop the blinking.
Identifying Disk Drives
You can identify disk drives by viewing the list of disk drives on your system. Only physical
drives that display during POST are shown.
To identify a disk drive:
1 Start the ARC utility (see page 85).
2 Select the controller you want, then press Enter.
3 Select Disk Utilities.
The Disk Utilities view will provide you with the following information:
!
Location Model Rev# Speed Size
CN1=DEV1
Box0=Slot0
Exp0=phy0
The manufacturer
information.
The revision
number of the
disk drive.
The speed of the
disk drive.
The size of the
disk drive.