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3-8 MegaRAID BIOS Configuration Utility

You can create a hotspare when you are configuring a new storage

configuration, as described in the previous sections. To add a hotspare

drive to an existing redundant storage configuration, follow these steps:

1. Select Objects from the Management Menu.

2. Select Physical Drive. A list of physical drives appears.

3. Select an unconfigured drive or Ready drive from the list, and press

Enter.

4. When the Physical Drive Property menu appears, select Make Hot

Spare and press Enter.

5. Select Yes from the pop-up menu to create the hotspare drive.

Note

: To remove a hotspare drive, perform steps 1 and 2 above,

select the HOTSP disk, press Enter, select Force Offline,

and press Enter. The status of the drive changes to

READY, and it can then be used in another new array.

3.2.5 Initializing Logical Drives

Caution: When you initialize a logical drive all existing data on the

logical drive is erased.

This section explains the two methods of initializing a logical drive with

the MegaRAID BIOS CU. If the Fast Init property is enabled, fast

initialization will be used. In fast initialization, the MegaRAID BIOS CU

quickly writes zeroes to the first and last 8 Mbyte regions of the new

logical drive. If the Fast Init property is not enabled, the MegaRAID BIOS

CU performs a complete initialization on the logical drive. This may take

a long time if the physical disk drives are large.

(First Initialization Method) Follow these steps to initialize a logical

drive using the Initialize menu.

1. On the Management Menu, select Initialize.

2. Use the spacebar to highlight the logical drive to initialize.

The logical drive name is highlighted in yellow. To deselect it,

highlight the logical drive and press the spacebar again.

3. Press F10.

4. Select Yes at the prompt and press Enter to begin the initialization.

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