Promise Technology 2-Year Extended Warranty for VessR2000 RAID Head - Manual (Page 233)

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Initialization is normally done to logical drives after they are created from a disk array.
Warning
When you initialize a logical drive, all the data on the logical drive
is lost. Backup any important data before you initialize a logical
drive.
To initialize a logical drive:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the Background Activities icon.
The list of background activities appears.
3. Mouse-over Initialization and click the Start button.
4. Check the box to the left of the logical drive you want to initialize.
5. Choose the initialization option you want:
• Quick Initialization – Check the box and enter a value in the Quick Initialization
Size field. This value is the size of the initialization blocks in MB.
• Full Initialization – Do not check the box. Enter a hexadecimal value in the
Initialization Pattern in Hex field or use the default 00000000 value.
6. Click the Confirm button.
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To stop, pause or resume Initialization:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the Background Activities icon.
The list of background activities appears.
3. Mouse-over Initialization and click the Stop , Pause , or Resume button.