Viewing Drive Properties - Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 Software User's Manual

4.6.3

Viewing Drive Properties

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Select Fast Init or Slow Init to initialize this virtual drive. A fast
initialization quickly writes zeroes to the first and last 10 Mbyte
regions of the new virtual drive and then completes the initialization
in the background. A slow initialization is not complete until the entire
virtual drive has been initialized with zeroes. It is seldom necessary
to use this option, because the virtual drive was already initialized
when you created it.
Caution: Before you run an initialization, back up any data on the
virtual drive that you want to save. All data on the virtual
drive is lost when you initialize it.
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Select CC to run a consistency check on this virtual drive. For more
information, see
option is not available for RAID 0 virtual drives.)
In the right panel of the Virtual Drive screen you can change the virtual
drive configuration by adding or removing a drive or by changing the
RAID level.
Caution: Before you change a virtual drive configuration, back up
any data on the virtual drive that you want to save.
To remove a drive from a virtual drive, select the drive in the small panel
beneath the Remove drive option. Then select Remove drive and click
Go at the bottom of the panel.
See Section 4.8.4, "Migrating the RAID Level of a Virtual Drive"
information about adding a drive to a virtual drive or migrating its RAID
level.
The Physical Drive screen displays the properties of a selected drive and
enables you to perform operations on the drive. There are two ways to
access the Physical Drive screen:
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On the main menu screen, click on a drive in the right panel under
the heading Physical Drives.
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On the main menu screen, click on Physical Drives in the left panel
to display the Physical Drive screen. Then click on a drive in the right
panel. Click on the Properties button, and click Go. The properties
for the selected drive displays.
WebBIOS Configuration Utility
Section 4.8.1, "Running a Consistency Check." (This
for