Initializing A Logical Drive; Running Redundancy Check - Promise Technology 1000f series Product Manual

Initializing a Logical Drive

This function sets all data bits in the logical drive to zero.
To initialize a logical drive:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight the logical drive you want and press Enter.
3. Highlight Background Activity and press Enter.
4. Highlight Start Initialization and press Enter.
The initialization parameters appear.
• Initialization pattern – The default 00000000 is best for most
applications
• Quick Initialization – Yes means only the first and last sections of the
logical drives are initialized. No means the entire logical drive is
initialized.
• Quick Initialization Size – Enter a value for the first and last sections of
the logical drive to be initialized or use the default 64 MB.
To change a parameter, highlight it and press the backspace key to erase the
current value, then type the new value.
5. Highlight Start and press Enter.
If necessary, you can pause and resume or stop and restart the Initialization.
You cannot access the logical drive until Initialization has finished.

Running Redundancy Check

Redundancy Check is a maintenance procedure for logical drives in fault-tolerant
disk arrays that ensures all the data matches exactly. To run Redundancy Check:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Logical Drive Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight the logical drive you want and press Enter.
3. Highlight Background Activity and press Enter.
4. Highlight Start Redundancy Check and press Enter.
The redundancy check parameters appear.
• Auto Fix – Corrects inconsistencies automatically
• Pause On Error – Pauses the Redundancy Check when an error is
found
When you initialize a logical drive, you delete all the data it
contains. Back up all important data before initializing a logical
drive.
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