IBM Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI User Manual page 68

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Caution: When a low-level format command is sent to the
hard disk drive, the drive will start its format. The SCSI
card will not be in use and may appear to be hung. You
must not interfere or try to stop the low-level format as
this can destroy the disk drive and render it unusable.
When the drive has completed its low-level format, it will
send a command to the SCSI card and allow the user to
exit the utility.
To use SCSISelect to format or verify a disk:
1 Start SCSISelect. See
SCSISelect detects all Adaptec SCSI cards and displays the
model number, channel letter, slot number, and PCI address for
each card and channel.
2 Select the SCSI card and channel that has the devices you want
to format or verify. The Options menu appears.
3 Select SCSI Disk Utilities. SCSISelect scans the SCSI bus and
lists the SCSI IDs and associated devices on the SCSI bus.
4 From the list of SCSI devices, select the device you want to
format or verify.
5 If the device has multiple logical units, a menu of LUNs
appears. Select the LUN of the unit you want to format or
verify. A small menu appears.
6 Select Verify Disk Media or Format Disk.
If you select Verify Disk Media, SCSISelect notifies you of
bad blocks and prompts you to reassign them. Select Yes to
reassign the bad blocks or No to leave them as is. You can
press Esc at any time to abort verification.
If you select Format Disk, a prompt appears, asking you to
confirm that you want to format the disk. Select Yes to start
formatting the disk, or No to cancel formatting.
Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card 29320ALP with SCSISelect
Starting SCSISelect on page 3-3.
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