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selected all of the drives that you want to initialize/synchronize; then, press Enter. 4. When the Confirm pop-up window appears, select Yes to initialize/synchronize the logical drive or drives; then, press Enter. The initialization/synchronization process begins. You can see the progress in the Pct. I/S. (percent initialized/synchronized) column of the Logical Drive list. Note Once the synchronization process begins, it cannot be interrupted. 5. Once you have completed initializing/synchronizing the logical drives, then you have completed the required steps for creating a ServeRAID configuration. 6. Back up the disk-array configuration information to diskette. See "Backing up the disk-array configuration" on page 126 for instructions. If you have not already done so, use the information provided in the ServerGuide package to install the operating system. then you have completed the required steps for creating a ServeRAID configuration. Initializing logical drives: Initializing a logical drive sets the drive to a predetermined state. You can initialize multiple logical drives at the same time. Note The initialization process overwrites any data on the drive with zeros, and all existing data is lost. If you did not initialize the logical drives when you defined them, you must use the following instructions to initialize the drives before storing data. To initialize logical drives: 1. Select Initialize/Synchronize Log Drive from the Main Menu; then, press Enter. 2. Select Initialize Logical Drive from the next menu; then, press Enter. 3. Use the Up Arrow (↑) or Down Arrow (↓) key to highlight the logical drive that you want to initialize; then, press the Spacebar to select the drive. Continue doing this until you have selected all of the drives that you want to initialize; then, press Enter. Netfinity 5500 - Type 8660 109