IBM 9228 Service Guide - Page 35

SAS Topology, Direct Attach Devices, Format, RAID Properties, Primary, Apply changes and exit menu

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To format a drive, complete the following steps: 1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drive that you want to format and press Enter. 2. Select SAS Topology and press Enter. 3. Select Direct Attach Devices and press Enter. 4. To highlight the drive that you want to format, use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys. To scroll left and right, use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys or the End key. Press Alt+D. 5. To start the low-level formatting operation, select Format and press Enter. Creating a RAID array of SAS hard disk drives: To create a RAID array of SAS hard disk drives, complete the following steps: 1. From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drives that you want to mirror. 2. Select RAID Properties. 3. Select the type of array you want to create from the list. 4. Use the arrow keys to highlight the first drive in the pair; then, press the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key to change the mirror value to Primary. 5. Continue to select the next drive using the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key until you have all the drives for your array. 6. Press C to create the disk array. 7. Select Apply changes and exit menu to create the array. Chapter 2. Configuration information and instructions 17

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To format a drive, complete the following steps:
1.
From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drive that you
want to format and press Enter.
2.
Select
SAS Topology
and press Enter.
3.
Select
Direct Attach Devices
and press Enter.
4.
To highlight the drive that you want to format, use the Up Arrow and Down
Arrow keys. To scroll left and right, use the Left Arrow and Right Arrow keys or
the End key. Press Alt+D.
5.
To start the low-level formatting operation, select
Format
and press Enter.
Creating a RAID array of SAS hard disk drives:
To create a RAID array of SAS
hard disk drives, complete the following steps:
1.
From the list of adapters, select the controller (channel) for the drives that you
want to mirror.
2.
Select
RAID Properties
.
3.
Select the type of array you want to create from the list.
4.
Use the arrow keys to highlight the first drive in the pair; then, press the Minus
(-) or Plus (+) key to change the mirror value to
Primary
.
5.
Continue to select the next drive using the Minus (-) or Plus (+) key until you
have all the drives for your array.
6.
Press C to create the disk array.
7.
Select
Apply changes and exit menu
to create the array.
Chapter 2. Configuration information and instructions
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