Using The Disk Utilities - HP D7171A - NetServer - LPr Installation Manual

Hewlett-Packard NetRAID-4M Controller Installation Guide
Enable Disconnection —This option determines whether the
SCSI channel allows the SCSI device to disconnect from the
SCSI channel (sometimes called Disconnect/Reconnect or
Reselection). This option should be enabled for maximum
performance.
Initiate Wide Negotiation —This option determines whether
the SCSI channel attempts 16-bit data transfer instead of 8-bit
data transfer. The effective data transfer rate is doubled when
16-bit data transfer is used.

Using the Disk Utilities

To access the disk utilities, select the Disk Utilities option from the
main menu that appears after entering the Configuration Utility and
selecting the desired HP NetRAID-4M. Select the desired bus and
press Enter. Once the option is selected, a list of all SCSI IDs and the
devices assigned to each ID is displayed.
When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu appears,
displaying the options Format Disk and Verify Disk Media.
Format Disk—This utility allows you to perform a low-level
format on a hard disk drive. Each hard disk drive must be low-
level formatted before you can use your operating system's
partitioning and file preparation utilities, such as MS-DOS
Fdisk and Format.
Most SCSI disk devices are preformatted at the factory and do
not need to be formatted again. The Format Disk utility is
compatible with the vast majority of SCSI disk drives.
Caution:
A low-level format destroys all data on the
!
drive. Be sure to back up your data before performing
this operation. You cannot abort a low-level format
once it is started.
Note:
The controller should not be powered-off or
rebooted during a disk format. Doing so may render
the disk unusable until the format is manually
restarted and completed.
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