Format Menu - Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 3 User Manual

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Ta b l e 1 2 - 8 . B a t t e r y B a c k u p M e n u I t e m s (continued)
Menu Item Explanation
No of Cycles This must be configured. When first installing a battery pack,
set the Charge Cycle to 0. The dialog box below appears when
you select No of Cycles. Choose YES to reset the number of
cycles to zero and press <Enter>.
After 1100 charge cycles, the life of the battery pack is assumed
to be over, and you must replace it.

Format Menu

Choose Format from the Dell Manager Management Menu to low-level
format one or more physical drives.
Because most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory, this
step is usually not necessary. You typically must format a disk if:
• The disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory, or
• An excessive number of media errors has been detected on the disk
drive.
You do not need to use the Format option if you simply want to erase
existing information on your SCSI disks, such as a DOS partition. That
information is erased when you initialize the logical drive(s).