Specifications

6–4 Configuring Storagesets
■ If the power fails or the bus is reset while HSUTIL is formatting a disk drive, the
drive may become unusable. To minimize this possibility, Compaq recommends
you use a reliable power source and suspend all non-HSUTIL activity to the bus
that services the target disk drive.
■ HSUTIL cannot control or affect the defect management for a disk drive.
■ Do not invoke any CLI command or run any local program that might reference
the target disk drive while HSUTIL is active. Also, do not reinitialize either
controller in the dual-redundant configuration while using HSUTIL.
To format one or more disk drives complete the following steps:
CAUTION: Suspend all I/O to the buses that service the target disk
drives before using HSUTIL to format the drives.
1. Start HSUTIL by issuing the following command:
RUN HSUTIL
2. Enter 1 to select the FORMAT function.
HSUTIL finds and displays all of the unattached disk drives configured on the
controller.
3. Type the name of a disk drive you want to format.
4. Enter Y to enter another disk drive name or N to begin the formatting operation.
5. Read the cautionary information that HSUTIL displays, then confirm or cancel
the formatting operation.
The formatting operation will complete in approximately the estimated time.
The following example shows the sequence of steps as they would appear on the
terminal when you format a disk drive:
CLI> RUN HSUTIL
*** AVAILABLE FUNCTIONS ARE:
0. EXIT
1. FORMAT