IBM System Storage DS3500 Introduction And Implementation Manual page 591

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When the utility completes, you will be able to use the Disk Management applet in the
Computer Management utility and configure the disk space for operating system use. This
includes the following steps:
1. Initialize and optionally convert to dynamic disk.
This task is done by the Initialize and Convert Disk wizard. When the wizard finishes, the
Disk Management applet looks similar to Figure 18-16.
Figure 18-16 Disk Management applet - initialized disk
As you can see, our 20 GB logical drive is recognized as Disk 1, but it does not contain
any partition yet; it is unallocated.
2. Create and format a partition.
Right-click in the unallocated disk space and select New Simple Volume... from the
context menu (Figure 18-17 on page 568).
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