Promise Technology EX4650, EX8658, EX8654, EX8650 manual Initialization

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7.Optional. Enter an alias in the Logical Drive Alias field.

Maximum of 32 characters. Use letters, numbers, one space between words, and underscore. An alias is optional.

8.From the Read Policy dropdown menu, choose a Read Cache policy.

The choices are Read Cache, Read Ahead, and No Cache. See “Choosing Cache Policy” on page 237.

9.From the Write Policy dropdown menu, choose a Write Cache policy.

The choices are Write Back and Write Through. If you chose No Read Cache, Write policy is automatically Write Through. See “Choosing Cache Policy” on page 237.

10.Click the Submit button.

Initializing a Logical Drive

Initialization sets the data bits in the logical drive to zero. The action removes any residual data left behind from earlier configurations. Initialization is recommended for new logical drives. You can also initialize an existing logical drive. See “Initialization” on page 239 for more information.

Warning

When you initialize a logical drive, all the data the logical drive will be lost. Backup any important data before you initialize a logical drive.

To initialize a logical drive:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Logical Drive Summary icon.

3.Click the icon of the logical drive you want to Initialize.

4.From the dropdown menu on the Background Activities tab, choose

Initialization.

•To choose Quick Initialization, check the box.

•If you checked the Quick Initialization box, enter a value in the Quick Initialization Size field. This value is the size of the initialization blocks in MB.

•If you did not choose Quick Initialization, enter a hexidecimal value in the Initialization Pattern in Hex field or use the default 00000000 value.

5.Click the Submit button.

6.In the confirmation box, type the word confirm in the field provided.

7.Click the OK button.

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