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This screen also provides access to the Format and Verify screens. To reach either of these screens, move
the cursor to the appropriate field, and then press
Enter
.
Device Format screen
Use the Format screen to format a particular device. To access this screen, press
Enter
in the appropriate
field on the Device Properties screen.
CAUTION:
After a format is started it cannot be paused or cancelled.
To begin the format, press
F
.
The formatting procedure sets the sector size to 512 bytes, even if the drive was previously formatted to
another sector size. This is the only sector size that the SAS BIOS configuration utility supports on RAID
volumes.
Device Verify screen
Use the Device Verify screen to verify a particular device. To access this screen, press
Enter
in the
appropriate field on the Device Properties screen.
Press
Enter
to begin the verify process. Press
Esc
to cancel the verify process at any time.