User`s guide

Chapter 7. Maintaining the Array with the Standalone Configuration Utility
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7.5.1 Formatting a Drive
You can use the Standalone Configuration utility to perform a SCSI format of
any unformatted drive with a RDY (ready) state, prior to using it in a drive
group. It takes approximately 30 to 45 minutes for the utility to format a drive.
To format a disk drive, follow theses steps:
1. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the Tools option from the main
menu and press the Enter key to select it. The utility displays the Tools menu
as shown in Figure 7–6.
2. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the Format Drive option and
press the Enter key to select it.
3. The cursor moves to the first available drive in the matrix. The drives that
you can format appear in blue and the drives that you cannot appear in gray.
4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the drive you want to format, and press the
Enter key; the utility displays a warning message indicating all data will be
lost.
5. Select Yes to confirm, and drive status changes to FMT (formatting).
6. Press the Esc key. The utility prompts you to choose whether to continue.
Select Yes and the utility begins to format the drive. When the utility
finishes formatting a drive, its changes the drive status from FMT
(formatting) to RDY (ready).
Select No and the utility returns the drive status to its previous state and the
cursor appears in the Tools menu.
7. When the format completes, press any key to continue The main menu
appears.