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Initializing a Logical Drive, Logical Drive Activation, Disable, Fast Initialization

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RAIDXpert User Manual 4. Click the Disable option. Initializing a Logical Drive When logical drive is first created, you can select one of three choices for initialization: • Fast Initialization - Erases the reserve and master boot sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. • Full Initialization - Erases all sectors of the physical drives being added to the logical drive. RAID 1, 5, and 10 only. • None - No initialization. This choice is not recommended. When you select full initialization, the process takes some time, depending on the size of the physical drives selected for the logical drive. The Initialization tab enables you to pause the initialization process so that more of the controller's resources are available for other operations. When the other operations are done, you can resume the initialization of your new logical drive. 1. Click Logical Drive View in Tree View. 2. Click the Logical Drive whose initialization you want to view, pause, resume, or abort. 3. Click the Initialization tab in Management View. 4. Optional. Click the Pause, Resume, or Abort button. 5. Optional, Abort only. In the Confirmation box, click the OK button. Logical Drive Activation The Activation feature enables you to hot-plug a RAID 1 logical drive. When you disconnect both physical drives from a RAID 1 logical drive, the logical drive goes Offline. If you then reconnect both physical drives, the array returns to Functional status. But if you only reconnect one of the physical drives, the logical drive remains Offline. 84

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4.
Click the
Disable
option.
Initializing a Logical Drive
When logical drive is first created, you can select one of three choices for
initialization:
•
Fast Initialization
– Erases the reserve and master boot sectors of the
physical drives being added to the logical drive.
•
Full Initialization
– Erases all sectors of the physical drives being added to
the logical drive. RAID 1, 5, and 10 only.
•
None
– No initialization. This choice is not recommended.
When you select full initialization, the process takes some time, depending on the
size of the physical drives selected for the logical drive. The Initialization tab
enables you to pause the initialization process so that more of the controller’s
resources are available for other operations. When the other operations are
done, you can resume the initialization of your new logical drive.
1.
Click
Logical Drive View
in Tree View.
2.
Click the
Logical Drive
whose initialization you want to view, pause,
resume, or abort.
3.
Click the
Initialization
tab in Management View.
4.
Optional. Click the
Pause
,
Resume
, or
Abort
button.
5.
Optional, Abort only. In the Confirmation box, click the
OK
button.
Logical Drive Activation
The Activation feature enables you to hot-plug a RAID 1 logical drive.
When you disconnect both physical drives from a RAID 1 logical drive, the logical
drive goes
Offline
. If you then reconnect both physical drives, the array returns to
Functional
status. But if you only reconnect one of the physical drives, the logical
drive remains
Offline
.