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Performing a Low-Level Disk Format

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Note If the following screen displays, you might have pressed Ctrl+A before the selected drives were ready. Restart the server and watch the SCSISelect messages as each drive spins up. After the drive that you want to view or format spins up, press Ctrl+A. Unexpected SCSI Command Failure Target SCSI ID: SCSI CDB Sent: Host Adapter Status: Target Status: Sense Key: +Sense Code: +Sense Code Qualifier: 4 3 E 7 2 h - No host adapter error 2h - Check condition 2h - Not ready 4h 2h Press 'Esc' to continue. Performing a Low-Level Disk Format: Select the Format Disk feature of the SCSISelect Utility program to perform a low-level format on a hard disk drive. Depending on the hard disk capacity, the low-level format program could take several hours. When To Use the Low-Level Format Program: Use the Low-Level Format program: When you are installing software that requires a low-level format When you get recurring messages from the diagnostic tests directing you to run the low-level format program on the hard disk As a last resort before replacing a failing hard disk drive Note For information about backing up all of your files, see your operating-system documentation. Starting the Low-Level Format Program Important: The low-level format program erases all data and programs. 36 Netfinity Server HMM

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Note
If the following screen displays, you might have
pressed
Ctrl
+
A
before the selected drives were ready.
Restart the server and watch the SCSISelect
messages as each drive spins up.
After the drive that
you want to view or format spins up, press
Ctrl
+
A.
Unexpected SCSI Command Failure
Target SCSI ID:
4
SCSI CDB Sent:
3
E
7
2
Host Adapter Status:
h - No host adapter error
Target Status:
2h - Check condition
Sense Key:
2h - Not ready
+Sense Code:
4h
+Sense Code Qualifier:
2h
Press 'Esc' to continue.
Performing a Low-Level Disk Format:
Select
the
Format Disk
feature of the SCSISelect Utility program
to perform a low-level format on a hard disk drive.
Depending on the hard disk capacity, the low-level format
program could take several hours.
When To Use the Low-Level Format Program:
Use the Low-Level Format program:
When you are installing software that requires a
low-level format
When you get recurring messages from the diagnostic
tests directing you to run the low-level format program
on the hard disk
As a last resort before replacing a failing hard disk
drive
Note
For information about backing up all of your files, see
your operating-system documentation.
Starting the Low-Level Format Program
Important:
The low-level format program erases
all
data and
programs.
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