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Ta b l e 1 2 - 8 . B a t t er y B a ck u p M e n u I t e m s (continued)

Menu Item

Explanation

 

 

No of Cycles

This must be configured. When first installing a battery pack,

 

set the Charge Cycle to 0. The dialog box below appears when

 

you select No of Cycles. Choose YES to reset the number of

 

cycles to zero and press <Enter>.

After 1100 charge cycles, the life of the battery pack is assumed to be over, and you must replace it.

Format Menu

Choose Format from the Dell Manager Management Menu to low-level format one or more physical drives.

Because most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory, this step is usually not necessary. You typically must format a disk if:

The disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory, or

An excessive number of media errors has been detected on the disk drive.

You do not need to use the Format option if you simply want to erase existing information on your SCSI disks, such as a DOS partition. That information is erased when you initialize the logical drive(s).

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