Maintaining and Managing the Storage Configurations : Initializing a Virtual Drive : Running a Group Initialization

Running a Group Initialization

Initialization prepares the storage medium for use. You can run initialization on multiple drives at one time. Follow these steps to run a group consistency check.

1.

Select Manage > Initialize.

The Group Initialization dialog appears.

Figure 90. Group Initialization Dialog

2.

Select the virtual drive on which to run the initialization, and select the Fast Initialization check box. If you want to do full initialization, uncheck the Fast Initialization check box.

3.

Click Start.

You can monitor the progress of the group initialization.

NOTE  The group initialization process is time-consuming when it is performed simultaneously on multiple drives when I/Os are in progress. You cannot close the Group Initialization dialog and perform any other operation on the MegaRAID Storage Manager application until this process is completed.