Starting the ServeRAID Configuration Program
Initialize/Synchronize Log Drive:
Select this choice after
creating an array:
– Initialize Logical Drive: You must select this choice to set
the logical drive to a predetermined value. Any data
existing on the drive is overwritten with zeros.
You can choose to initialize more than one logical drive at a
time. You can interrupt the initialization process at any
time by pressing Esc. Then, you can either restart the
initialization process by pressing Enter, or you can end the
process by pressing Esc again.
– Synchronize Logical Drive: You must select this choice to
recompute and rewrite the parity data on the selected drive
for RAID level 5 before storing data. This selection does not
alter data on the drive.
Note: It is good practice to synchronize logical drives with
RAID level 1 and 5 weekly.
Rebuild/Device Management:
Select this choice to rebuild
logical drives. The rebuild operation is supported only for
RAID levels 1 and 5. You also use this option to define or
change the state of a drive, display drive information, and clear
the device error table.
Advanced Functions:
Select this choice to change the write
policy (the way data is written to the drive), to save your
configuration information to a diskette, to restore it from a
diskette, or to change ServeRAID parameters. This choice also
allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard disk and
run the RAID subsystems diagnostics. You can initialize the
adapter configuration, which resets the configuration values to
the factory defaults. You can also synchronize the primary and
backup copies of the adapter configuration information.
Exit:
Select this choice to leave the Main Menu.
Chapter 3. Configuring the Disk Array
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Summary of Contents for PC Server 520
Page 1: ...PC Server 520 User s Handbook for PCI Micro Channel IBM...
Page 86: ...Installation Checklist 70 PC Server 520 User s Handbook for PCI Micro Channel...
Page 146: ...Using the Mini Configuration Program 130 PC Server 520 User s Handbook for PCI Micro Channel...
Page 190: ...Using the SCSISelect Utility Program 174 PC Server 520 User s Handbook for PCI Micro Channel...
Page 385: ...Installing Additional Test Programs 207 CMD 3 Chapter 7 Solving Problems 369...
Page 438: ...IBM Part Number 78H6336 Printed in U S A May 1996 78H6336...
