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1 ensure drive integrity – Sonnet Technologies Web Management Tool User Manual

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1.1 Ensure Drive Integrity

After Creating RAID Groups

1. If you’re not already in the Sonnet Web Management Tool,

type the IP address of your RX1600Fibre in a standard
browser. On the splash screen, click E

nter Here. In the box

provided, type in your user name and password, and then
cl

ick OK.

2. Click the Diagnostics button on the left side of the window.

3. Choose Initialize and Verify Drives to test newly added

drives that are not part of a RAID group. Choose

Read-Only

Drive Test to nondestructively test any drives.

4. Click Next.

5. If no drives appear, click System Scan in the Drives box.

If drives are available, click the drives you wish to verify,
initialize or test; the drives are highlighted. See

Figure 4 on

page 5.

6. Click Commit.

7. A warning box appears. In the warning box, verify that you

want to complete the configuration by clicking

Yes. Clicking

No ends the procedure without making a change.

8. The Drive Performance and Health page appears showing

what tests are running and their results. You may select
other tests to run or continue on to other tasks. See

Figure 5

on page 6.

WARNING:

Do not restart the RX1600Fibre or disconnect

or power cycle drives during Drive Initialization and

Verification or you must start the verification process from the
beginning.