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To format or verify a disk drive:
Start the ARC utility (see
1
Select the controller you want, then press Enter.
2
Select Disk Utilities.
3
Select the disk drive you want, then press Enter.
4
Select Format Disk or Verify Disk Media.
5
Locating Disk Drives
Note:
This feature is only available with disk drives that have an activity LED.
You can use the Identify Drive feature to physically locate a disk drive by blinking the LED.
To locate a disk drive:
Start the ARC utility (see
1
Select the controller you want, then press Enter.
2
Select Disk Utilities.
3
Select the disk drive you want, then press Enter.
4
Select Identify Drive, then press Enter.
5
When you have finished locating your disk drive, press any key to stop the blinking.
6
Identifying Disk Drives
You can identify disk drives by viewing the list of disk drives on your system. Only physical
drives that display during POST are shown.
To identify a disk drive:
Start the ARC utility (see
1
Select the controller you want, then press Enter.
2
Select Disk Utilities.
3
The Disk Utilities view will provide you with the following information:
Location
CN1=DEV1
Box0=Slot0
Exp0=phy0
The location information of a disk drive is determined by three types of connections:
Direct attached drives
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for example CN1 (connector 1) is connected to DEV1 (device 1). For more information, see
Direct-attach Connections
Appendix C: Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility
page
92).
page
92).
page
92).
Model
Rev#
The manufacturer
The revision
information.
number of the
disk drive.
—The connection is determined by the cable connected to a device,
on page 79
.
Speed
Size
The speed of the
The size of the
disk drive.
disk drive.
100
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