Initializing Virtual Disks; Checking Data Consistency - Dell PowerEdge RAID H700 User Manual

Initializing Virtual Disks

CAUTION:
A Full Initialization permanently destroys any existing data on that
virtual disk.
Perform the following steps to initialize virtual disks:
1 On the VD Mgmt screen, select Virtual Disk # and press <F2> to display
the menu of available actions.
2 Select Initialization and press the right-arrow key to display the
Initialization submenu options.
3 Select Start Init. to begin a regular initialization or select Fast Init.
to begin a fast initialization.
4 A pop-up windows is displayed indicating that the virtual disk has
been initialized.
5 Repeat the procedures from step 1 to step 4 to configure another
virtual disk.
The PERC H700 or PERC H800 cards support up to 64 virtual disks per
controller. The currently configured virtual disks display on the screen.

Checking Data Consistency

Select the Consistency Check (CC) option in the configuration utility to
verify the redundancy data in virtual disks that use RAID levels 1, 5, 6, 10, 50,
and 60. (RAID 0 does not provide data redundancy.)
If you attempt to run a Consistency Check on a virtual disk that has not been
initialized, the following error message is displayed:
The virtual disk has not been initialized. Running a
consistency check may result in inconsistent messages
in the log. Are you sure you want to continue?
You can select Yes or No. If you select Yes, the CC operation continues. If you
select No, the operation ends.
Perform the following steps to run a Consistency Check:
1 Press <Ctrl><N> to access the VD Mgmt menu screen.
2 Press the down-arrow key to highlight Virtual Disk #.
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