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Performing Drive Actions, Initializing a Drive
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5.2 Performing Drive Actions When you select a drive in the Main Display, you can use the Drive Actions panel to perform the following activities: Initialize a drive. See section 5.2.1. Down a drive. See section 5.2.2. Reserve spare drives. See section 5.2.3. Show advanced view in the Extents tab. See section 5.3.2. 5.2.1 Initializing a Drive The xStack Storage Management Center allows you to initialize a new drive that has never been used in the storage array, or initialize a drive that has been previously "downed" (see next section). Initialization is typically required when the drive's Connection State is Normal, but its status appears as Needs Attention. To initialize a drive: 1. In the Physical Storage View, select a drive in the Main Display. 2. Perform one of the following steps: - On the Physical Storage menu, click Initialize Drive. - Click Down Drive in the Physical Storage Actions panel. - Press the right mouse button and click Down Drive on the shortcut menu. Any of these steps displays the message in Figure 5-3. Figure 5-2. Initialize Drive Confirmation 3. Click Yes to continue, or click No to cancel. Initializing a drive will destroy any existing volume data that was stored on that drive. xStack Storage Management Center Software User's Guide 73