SUPER MICRO Computer AOC-SOZCR1, AOC-LPZCR1 manual To Use Disk Utilities *for Sata and SAS only

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Chapter 3: RAID Confi guration

3.3.2 To Use Disk Utilities (*for SATA and SAS only)

(*Note: Please refer to Page 3-1 for SATA and SAS Jumper Settings before using "Disk Utilities". Please refer to the previous section for SCSI Disk Utilities.)

3.3.2.1 To Format a Disk Drive

1.Power on your computer. When prompted, press the <Ctrl> and <A> keys simultaneously to enter the Adaptec RAID Confi guration Utility. From the RAID Confi guration Main Menu, select "Disk Utilities" and press <Enter>. After disk scan, the following screen displays:

2.When a dialogue box as shown above displays, prompting you to make a selection, select the disk you wish to format and press <Enter>.

3.Then, select "Format Disk" from the displayed dialogue box and press <En- ter>.

4.A warning message will display, warning you that the drive is about to be formatted and all data in the drive will be erased.

5.Press <Yes> to continue with disk formatting. Press <No> to return to the previous menu.

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Contents Super AOC-LPZCR1/AOC-SOZCR1 Users Guide Table of Contents AOC-SOZCR1 Series the Terminator Socket Dimm ZCR Card IntroductionAOC-LPZCR1 Series -Low Profile Skyhawk ZCR RAID Card Key RAID FeaturesOperating Systems supported Management supportEurope HeadquartersAsia-Pacific AOC-LPZCR1 Card Layout and Jumper Locations Chapter Technical Specifications and Software InstallationJumper Description Jumper and Connector Descriptions *AOC-LPZCR1Description I2C Cable Connection Connectors and LED Indicators *AOC-LPZCR1Activity LED Indicator Buzzer ConnectorFront view AOC-SOZCR1 AOC-SOZCR1 Card Layout and Jumper LocationsRear view AOC-SOZCR1 2C cable Connection Connector and Header Descriptions *AOC-SOZCR1SMB Connector and Pin Definitions *AOC-SOZCR1 SMB I 2CSee Note 1 below Intelligent Interface Management SAF-TEGeneral Safety Guidelines ESD Safety GuidelinesFor the Red Hat/SuSE Operating System Creating the Driver Floppy DiskAdding the Driver into an Existing System For the Windows 32-bit Operating SystemFor the Red Hat Operating System Installing the Driver into a New SystemFor the SuSE Operating System AOC-LPZCR1/AOC-SOZCR1 Users Guide Chapter RAID Configuration Configuring Jumper SettingsSAS, Sata and Scsi settings Using Adaptecs RAID Configuration UtilityTo Use the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility RAID Configuration Utility Main Menu Using the Array Configuration UtilityArray Configuration Utility Main Menu To Create ArraysPage To assign properties to the new array To Manage ArraysTo View the properties of Existing Arrays Deleting Arrays Setting a Bootable Array Adding a Hotspare Disk Drive Deleting a Hotspare Disk Drive To initialize Disk drives Initializing Disk DrivesPage Page Rebuilding Arrays To Rebuild an array To Rescan Disk drivesTo Secure Erase Drives Page Using the Controller Configuration Utility Using Adaptecs SCSISelect UtilityUsing the Scsi Configuration Utility Page Page Using the Sata Configuration Utility Using Adaptecs SATASelect UtilityTo Use the SATASelect Utility To Use the SerialSelect Utility Using Adaptecs Serial Select UtilityUsing Physical Configuration Utility To Use Disk Utilities *for Scsi only Using Disk UtilitiesPage To Format a Disk Drive To Use Disk Utilities *for Sata and SAS onlyTo Verify Disk Media To Exit the Adaptec RAID Configuration UtilityChapter Troubleshooting Contacting Supermicros Technical Support