Intergraph InterRAID-12, Hardware User'S Manual

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Select View Write Back BBT for information about the bad blocks detected during write
back operations. This information includes the location on the system drive where the disk
error occurred, its block number, and the number of consecutive blocks where the disk errors
occurred. Press any key to return to the View Bad Block Table menu. The information
clears the write back BBT after you return to the View Bad Block Table menu.
Error Counts
Use Error Counts in the Tools menu to view the error counts of the disk drives. The RAID
firmware maintains error counts for all physical drives.
To view the error counts:
1. From the Tools menu, select Error Counts. The first disk drive in the disk drive list
highlights.
2. Press the cursor keys to select a disk drive, and then press
ENTER
. A display similar to
the following appears.
Channel # : 0
Target ID : 1
Parity Errors : 0
Soft Errors : 0
Hard Errors : 0
Misc. Errors : 0
3. Press
ESC
to return to the Tools menu. The error counts will clear the next time you
return to the View Bad Block Table menu.
Format Drive
Use Format Drive in the Tools menu to low-level format the physical drives. You can select
multiple drives for simultaneous formatting.
NOTE Only disk drives that are not configured into packs are available for low-level formatting.
To format drives:
1. From the Tools menu, select Format Drive. The first drive available for formatting
highlights.
2. Press
ENTER
to select the drive, or move to another drive. The label for the selected disk
drives changes to format (FMT).
3. After selecting all the drives to format, press
ESC
. The following message displays:
All data will be LOST.
Proceed with Format?