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Initializing Disk Drives

Please be sure to initialize a disk drive before creating an array.

Caution: Initializing a disk will overwrite the partition table on the disk, making any data on the disk inaccessible. If the drive is used in an array, you may not be able to use the array again. You will also need to initialize a disk drive that is attached to a controller before using the disk drive in an array.

Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array since disk initialization will overwrite the data stored inside the disk. Refer to the item "Viewing Array Prop- erties" to determine which disks are associated with a particular array.

To initialize Disk drives

1.Turn on your computer. When prompted, press <Ctrl> and <A> to access the Adaptec RAID Utility.

2.From the RAID Confi guration menu (Figure 3.1), select "Array Confi gura- tion Utility" and press <Enter>. The Array Confi guration Utility Main Menu (as shown above) will display.

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Super AOC-LPZCR1/AOC-SOZCR1 Users Guide Table of Contents Introduction AOC-SOZCR1 Series the Terminator Socket Dimm ZCR CardKey RAID Features Operating Systems supportedManagement support AOC-LPZCR1 Series -Low Profile Skyhawk ZCR RAID CardEurope HeadquartersAsia-Pacific Chapter Technical Specifications and Software Installation AOC-LPZCR1 Card Layout and Jumper LocationsJumper Description Jumper and Connector Descriptions *AOC-LPZCR1Description Connectors and LED Indicators *AOC-LPZCR1 Activity LED IndicatorBuzzer Connector I2C Cable ConnectionFront view AOC-SOZCR1 AOC-SOZCR1 Card Layout and Jumper LocationsRear view AOC-SOZCR1 Connector and Header Descriptions *AOC-SOZCR1 SMB Connector and Pin Definitions *AOC-SOZCR1SMB I 2C 2C cable ConnectionIntelligent Interface Management SAF-TE See Note 1 belowESD Safety Guidelines General Safety GuidelinesCreating the Driver Floppy Disk Adding the Driver into an Existing SystemFor the Windows 32-bit Operating System For the Red Hat/SuSE Operating SystemFor the Red Hat Operating System Installing the Driver into a New SystemFor the SuSE Operating System AOC-LPZCR1/AOC-SOZCR1 Users Guide Configuring Jumper Settings Chapter RAID ConfigurationSAS, Sata and Scsi settings Using Adaptecs RAID Configuration UtilityTo Use the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Using the Array Configuration Utility RAID Configuration Utility Main MenuTo Create Arrays Array Configuration Utility Main MenuPage To Manage Arrays To assign properties to the new arrayTo View the properties of Existing Arrays Deleting Arrays Setting a Bootable Array Adding a Hotspare Disk Drive Deleting a Hotspare Disk Drive Initializing Disk Drives To initialize Disk drivesPage Page To Rescan Disk drives Rebuilding Arrays To Rebuild an arrayTo Secure Erase Drives Page Using Adaptecs SCSISelect Utility Using the Controller Configuration UtilityUsing the Scsi Configuration Utility Page Page Using the Sata Configuration Utility Using Adaptecs SATASelect UtilityTo Use the SATASelect Utility Using Adaptecs Serial Select Utility To Use the SerialSelect UtilityUsing Physical Configuration Utility Using Disk Utilities To Use Disk Utilities *for Scsi onlyPage To Use Disk Utilities *for Sata and SAS only To Format a Disk DriveTo Exit the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility To Verify Disk MediaChapter Troubleshooting Contacting Supermicros Technical Support