Formatting A Hard Disk Drive; Creating A Raid Array Of Hard Disk Drives; Ibm Advanced Settings Utility Program - IBM 79463AU Installation And User Manual

6. To perform storage-management tasks, follow the procedures in the
When you have finished changing settings, press Esc to exit from the program;
select Save to save the settings that you have changed.

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.
Note: Before you format a hard disk, make sure that the disk is not part of a
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

To create a RAID array of hard disk drives, complete the following steps:
1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drives that you
2. Select RAID Properties.
3. Select the type of array that you want to create.
4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the first drive in the pair; then, press the Minus
5. Continue to select the next drive using the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key until you
6. Press C to create the disk array.
7. Select Apply changes and exit menu to create the array.

IBM Advanced Settings Utility program

The IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) program is an alternative to the Setup
utility for modifying UEFI settings. Use the ASU program online or out of band to
modify UEFI settings from the command line without the need to restart the system
to access the Setup utility.
You can also use the ASU program to configure the optional remote presence
features or other IMM settings. The remote presence features provide enhanced
systems-management capabilities.
In addition, the ASU program provides limited settings for configuring the IPMI
function in the IMM through the command-line interface.
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documentation that comes with the SAS/SATA controller.
mirrored pair.
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.
want to mirror.
(-) or Plus (+) key to change the mirror value to Primary.
have selected all the drives for your array.