Formatting A Hard Disk Drive; Creating A Raid Array Of Hard Disk Drives - IBM x3650 M3 Installation And User Manual

Formatting a hard disk drive

Low-level formatting removes all data from the hard disk. If there is data on the
disk that you want to save, back up the hard disk before you perform this
procedure.
About this task
Note: Before you format a hard disk, make sure that the disk is not part of a
mirrored pair.
To format a drive, complete the following steps:
1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drive that you
2. Select SAS Topology and press Enter.
3. Select Direct Attach Devices and press Enter.
4. To highlight the drive that you want to format, use the Up Arrow and Down
5. To start the low-level formatting operation, select Format and press Enter.

Creating a RAID array of hard disk drives

Use this information to create a RAID array of hard disk drives.
About this task
To create a RAID array of hard disk drives, complete the following steps:
1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for which you want to
2. Select RAID Properties.
3. Select the type of array that you want to create.
4. In the RAID Disk column, use the Spacebar or Minus (-) key to select [Yes]
5. Continue to select drives, using the Spacebar or Minus (-) key, until you have
6. Press C to create the disk array.
7. Select Save changes then exit this menu to create the array.
8. Exit the Setup utility.
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want to format and press Enter.
Arrow keys. To scroll left and right, use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys
or the End key. Press Alt+D.
create an array.
(select) or [No] (deselect) to select or deselect a drive from a RAID disk.
selected all the drives for your array.