Initializing The Raid Volume; Deleting The Raid Volume - Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 Hardware Maintenance Manual

4. After you finish selecting the physical drives, press Enter or F10. The array selection window opens.
Press the space key to select the array.
5. Press F10, the Virtual Drive(s) Configured window opens. The following table is an example about the
information on this window.
VD
0
6. Select RAID on the Virtual Drive(s) Configured window and press Enter. The RAID array selection
menu opens.
7. Select the RAID array you want to create and press Enter.
8. Set the stripe size for the new array. Then, select ACCEPT and press Enter.
Note: If you are creating a RAID volume by using the New Configuration option, you can also set
the volume capacity.
9. Follow the instructions on the screen to finish all settings. Then, press Esc to exit the program. When
prompted, select Yes and press Enter to save the configuration.
10. Press Esc to go back to the main menu. Then, initialize the RAID volume you have created. See
"Initializing the RAID volume" on page 155.

Initializing the RAID volume

This section provides instructions on how to initialize the RAID volume you have created. After you create
a new RAID volume, it is recommended that you initialize the created RAID volume. However, initializing
the RAID volume will delete the data on the selected RAID volume.
To initialize the RAID volume you have created, do the following:
1. Do one of the following:
• Select Management ➙ Initialize from the main menu and then use the space key to select the
desired RAID volume. Press F10 to start initializing the RAID volume.
• Select Objects ➙ Logical Drive from the main menu and then select the desired RAID volume.
Press F10 to start initializing the RAID volume.
2. When prompted, select Yes and press Enter to continue the initialization.
3. When you finish initializing the RAID volume, press Esc to go back to the main menu.
During the process of the initialization, you can press Esc for the following options:
• Stop - stop the current process
• Continue - continue the current process
• Abort - exit the current process

Deleting the RAID volume

This section provides instructions on how to delete the RAID volume.
To delete the RAID volume, do the following:
1. Select Management ➙ Configure from the main menu and press Enter. The Configuration Menu
opens.
2. Select Clear Configuration.
Virtual Drive(s) Configured
RAID
Size
0 73664 MB
#Stripes StripSz
1 64 KB
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