Intergraph InterRAID-12, Hardware User'S Manual

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4. Select YES. The following message displays:
Do you really want to Format selected drives?
5. Select YES to start formatting. The following message displays:
Formatting all the selected drives. Please wait...
Once complete, the disk drives return to their original states, except for the drives labeled
UNF (unformatted), which will be changed to RDY (ready).
Make Online
Use the Make Online option in the Tools menu to change a disk drive from the unusable
(DED) state to the online (ONL) state. Disk drives that are labeled DED and not configured
into a pack cannot be made online.
To make drives online:
1. From the Tools menu, select Make Online. A warning message displays stating the
consequences of making a drive online.
2. Press a key to dismiss the warning message. The first drive available to the Make
Online function highlights.
3. Press the cursor keys to highlight a drive, and then press
ENTER
. A confirmation
message displays:
Do you really want to make drive Online?
4. Select YES. The drive state changes to ONL.
5. After selecting all the drives to be made online, press
ESC
.
NOTE You can quickly make all DED drives online by restoring the RAID configuration file, as
described later in “Backup/Restore Conf.”
Kill Drive
Use the Kill Drive option in the Tools menu to change an ONL disk drive to DED. Only
physical drives included in a configured pack can be killed.
To kill a drive:
1. From the Tools menu, select Kill Drive. A warning message displays stating the
consequences of killing a drive.
2. Press a key to dismiss the warning message. The first drive available for killing
highlights.