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Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config • Configuration Menu. You can create a hot spare by using the Easy, New, or View/Add Configuration mode. When you choose any of these configuration options in the Configure menu, a window listing all physical devices connected to the current adapter is displayed. Press the arrow keys to highlight a disk drive that has a Ready indicator and press F4 to designate it as a hot spare. The indicator changes to HotSp. or • Objects Menu. Choose Objects from the Configure menu, then select Physical Drive. A physical drive selection window appears. Highlight the drive and press Enter to display the action menu for the drive. Select Make Hot Spare and press Enter. The indicator for the selected drive changes to HotSp. E Initializing Logical Drives You must initialize each new logical drive you configure. The Initialize menu selection initializes the logical drives by writing zeros to the data fields and generating corresponding parity fields on drives with RAID levels 3, 5, 30, or 50. You can initialize the logical drives in two ways: • Batch Initialization lets you initialize up to eight logical drives simultaneously. • Individual Initialization lets you initialize an individual logical drive. CAUTION When you choose the Initialize menu selection, initialization destroys all existing data on the physical disk drive. Batch Initialization To initialize multiple logical drives, perform the following steps: 1. Choose Initialize from the HP NetRAID Config Management Menu. A list of the current logical drives appears. 2. To select all logical drives to be initialized, do one of the following: ◊ Press F2. or ◊ Use the arrow keys to highlight the first drive to be initialized. Press the Spacebar to select the highlighted logical drive for initialization. Continue to select drives by using the arrow keys and the Spacebar. 68

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Chapter 3
HP NetRAID Config
68
•
Configuration Menu.
You can create a hot spare by using the Easy, New,
or View/Add Configuration mode. When you choose any of these
configuration options in the Configure menu, a window listing all physical
devices connected to the current adapter is displayed. Press the arrow keys
to highlight a disk drive that has a Ready indicator and press
F4
to
designate it as a hot spare. The indicator changes to HotSp.
or
•
Objects Menu
. Choose Objects from the Configure menu, then select
Physical Drive. A physical drive selection window appears. Highlight the
drive and press
Enter
to display the action menu for the drive. Select Make
Hot Spare and press
Enter
. The indicator for the selected drive changes to
HotSp.
E
Initializing Logical Drives
You must initialize each new logical drive you configure. The Initialize menu
selection initializes the logical drives by writing zeros to the data fields and
generating corresponding parity fields on drives with RAID levels 3, 5, 30, or 50.
You can initialize the logical drives in two ways:
•
Batch Initialization
lets you initialize up to eight logical drives
simultaneously.
•
Individual Initialization
lets you initialize an individual logical drive.
CAUTION
When you choose the Initialize menu selection, initialization
destroys all existing data on the physical disk drive.
Batch Initialization
To initialize multiple logical drives, perform the following steps:
1.
Choose
Initialize
from the HP NetRAID Config Management Menu. A list
of the current logical drives appears.
2.
To select all logical drives to be initialized, do one of the following:
◊
Press
F2
.
or
◊
Use the arrow keys to highlight the first drive to be initialized. Press
the
Spacebar
to select the highlighted logical drive for initialization.
Continue to select drives by using the arrow keys and the Spacebar.