Adaptec 5325302053 User Guide - Page 174

2 Enter the CHAP user name and password (if applicable). If you are using CHAP authentication, click Advanced, click the CHAP login information box, and enter the CHAP user name and password you created along with the logical device. Verify that the Perform mutual authentication box is unchecked. Click OK to return to the Log On to Target window. 3 Click OK to return to the main window. The status of the Target in the Targets list changes to Connected. Formatting a Logical Device Using the Windows Disk Management Tool 1 Open the Windows Computer Management tool. Navigate to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management, and select Disk Management. If a wizard opens, close it and proceed to the next step as you must manually write the signature to the disk. 2 Initialize the logical device. Right-click the new disk label (Disk 1 in the illustration) and select Write Signature (Windows 2000) or Initialize Disk (Windows 2003, XP). The new logical device initializes as a Basic disk. 3 Format the logical device. Right-click the new disk and select New Partition from the right-click menu. Complete the New Partition wizard, accepting the defaults. Once formatted, the disk is labeled healthy and is ready for use. 4 To turn a QLogic QLA4050/4052 disk into a dynamic disk, right-click the disk in the Disk Management window and select Convert to Dynamic Disk. When using the Microsoft iSCSI initiator, dynamic disks are not recommended.