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To format a device:
1.From the main menu, select Advanced Functions. The following menu appears:
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Figure 29. | RAID Configuration Program - Advanced Functions Menu |
2.Select Format drive.
3.With the spacebar, select the devices to format. They appear as FMT.
4.Press Enter to format the selected drives.
Notes
All the desired devices may be selected and formatted together to reduce the time necessary for formatting.
The operation can be time consuming. It takes approximately 20 minutes to format six 2 GB disks attached to the same adapter.
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