HP NetRAID 1 Controller - Manual (Page 48)

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30, or 50. Check consistency should only be run if the system shuts down irregularly, e.g., if
the system hangs or suffers a power failure. Check consistency will always remedy
inconsistencies. Check consistency will only fail because firmware could not complete parity
and data writes due to a power-failure or a system hang, or because the logical drive degraded
or failed due to the physical drives going offline.
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Disable/Enable BIOS: Disables the BIOS, e.g., to boot off the imbedded SCSI instead of
the adapter. If the BIOS is disabled, DOS will not read logical drives, and one cannot boot
from RAID. The default setting is Enabled.
Configure
For information on configuring, refer to the section Configuring Arrays and Logical Drives.
Initialize
Choose this option from the HP NetRAID Express Tools Management Menu to initialize one or
more logical drives. This action typically follows the configuration of a new logical drive.
NOTE Initializing a logical drive destroys all data on the logical drive.
Selecting Initialize from the Management Menu opens the logical drives Configured box, which
states the properties for the logical drives configured. The hot key options available at the bottom of
the screen are:
SPACE-(De)Select, F2-(De)Select All Drives, F10-Initialize
Select the logical drive(s) you want to initialize with the spacebar or F2 button, then press F10 to
initialize the logical drives. You will be prompted for confirmation that you want to initialize the
logical drives. Choosing Yes begins initialization. The Initialize logical drives in Progress box opens
to report on the progress of the initialization process.
NOTE A 5-drive RAID 5 array typically takes 620 seconds to initialize 10 GB of logical
capacity, equivalent to 16.5 MB/s (physical capacity to initialize).
If you want to cancel the initialization process once you have started it, press the Esc key. You will
be prompted for confirmation that you want to abort initialization.
Objects
Choose the Objects option from the HP Express Tools Management Menu to access the adapters,
logical drives, physical drives, and SCSI channels individually. You can also change settings for
each object. The Objects Submenu options are described below.
Adapter
To select an HP NetRAID or HP NetRAID-1 adapter (if the NetServer has more than one) and to
modify parameters, choose the Adapter option from the submenu listed below.
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Reset to Default Settings: Resets all user-defined parameters of the selected adapter to the
factory default settings.
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PowerFail Safeguard: Enables/Disables prevents data loss if the power fails during a
reconstruction. The default setting is Disabled.
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Disk Spin-Up Timings: Sets the method and timing for spinning up the hard disk drives in the
NetServer. The default setting is Automatic.