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Initializing a Logical Drive
Initialization is normally done to logical drives after they are created from a disk array.
To initialize a logical drive:
1. Click on the Background Activities icon.
The list of background activities appears.
2. Mouse-over Initialization and click the Start button.
3. Check the box to the left of the logical drive you want to initialize.
4. 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.
5. Click the Confirm button.
6. In the Confirmation box, type the word “confirm” in the field provided and click the
Confirm
button.
Logical Drive Initialization