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Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations 49
Maintaining and Managing Storage
Configurations
This chapter explains how to use Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager to
maintain and manage storage configurations.
Initializing Virtual Disks
To initialize a virtual disk after you complete the configuration process on a
Dell PERC 5/i controller and on a Dell PERC 6/i controller, follow these
steps:
1
Select the Logical tab in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage
Manager window and click the icon of the virtual disk that you want to
initialize.
2 Select Group Operations-> Initialize . The Group Initialize dialog box
appears.
3 Select the virtual disk(s) to initialize, or click Select All to select all of the
virtual disks in the list.
4 Click the Fast Initialization check box if you want to use this option. If
you leave the box unchecked, Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager will run a
Full Initialization on the virtual disk. A Full Initialization takes longer
thans Fast Initialization. (For more information, see Understanding
Virtual Disk Parameters.)
5 Click Start to start the initialization.
You can monitor the progress of the initialization. See Monitoring
Rebuilds and Other Processes for more information.