Physical Formatting Of The Hard Disk Drive - NEC Express5800 Series Maintenance Manual

Chapter 3 Useful Features
3.3

Physical Formatting of the Hard Disk Drive

The following describes how to execute physical formatting of hard disk drive.
1. Press Enter on the "Adapter List" menu.
"Adapter Properties" menu appears after a short while.
2. Select "SAS Topology" and press Enter.
"SAS Topology" menu appears after a while.
3. Select "Direct Attach Device" and press Enter.
Hard disk drives that are installed on the primary CPU/IO module appear after a while.
Important
This utility is set for the CPU/IO module of the primary side. When you
configure the CPU/IO module of the secondary side, first power off the
server, plug out and plug in the AC power cord of the primary side. Then
start the server.
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