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Initialize
Initializes selected disks
Toggle Spare
Adds selected disks to spare pool
Unplug
Ejects selected disks
Turn on/off write cache
Toggles disk write cache ability
Rescan
Triggers HBA to rescan
Identify Disk
If applicable, will light up identify LED.
Initializing Disks
First you must navigate to the disk panel. By default, you start on the disk panel.
1.
Press
ALT + W
to access Window tab.
2.
Select disk(s).
3.
Use keyboard arrow keys to navigate and press
enter
to select desired disk(s).
4.
Press
ALT + D
to activate disk tab.
5.
Select
Initialize.
Four disks are selected and about to be initialized.
6.
Press
Enter.
7.
A prompt will warn you that data will be erased.
8.
Select
Yes.
9.
Once initialized, you can proceed to create an array.
Adding Disks to Spare Pool
1.
Navigate to the disk panel (Press
ALT + W
, then press
1
).
2.
Use keyboard arrow keys to select desired disk.
3.
Press
enter
to confirm each selection.
