Formatting Drives
You can perform a low-level format on drives with Ready (RDY)
Empty (EMP), Standby (SBY), Standby Hot-Spare (SHS), or
Hot-Spare (HSP) states.
Note: The Format Drive choice on the IBM ServeRAID Subsystems
Diagnostics menu provides a low-level format. If you install
a new hard disk drive that requires a standard format, use
the Format command provided by your operating system.
To perform a low-level format:
1. Start the ServeRAID configuration program (refer to “Starting
the Configuration Program” on page 25).
2. Select Advanced Functions from the Main Menu and press
Enter
.
3. Select IBM RAID Subsystem Diagnostics from the Advanced
Functions menu.
Attention
: A low-level format erases all data and programs
from the hard disk drive. Before proceeding, back up any data
and programs that you want to save.
4. Select Format Drive and press Enter.
You can perform a low-level format on more than one drive at a
time.
Note: If formatting is interrupted, the state of the drive being
formatted might appear as Empty (EMP) on the ServeRAID
configuration screen in the Bay/Array selection list. Select
the drive and format it again.
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