Adapter Administration

Adapter Administration

This section provides instructions for copying the drive configuration to the ServeRAID adapter or controller, copying the ServeRAID adapter or controller configuration to the drives, initializing the adapter or controller configuration, and scanning for new drives.

Copying the Drive Configuration to the Adapter:

 
You can copy the configuration stored on the hard disk drives to the ServeRAID adapter or controller.

This operation is useful when drives are imported from other systems.

To copy the configuration:

1. Click on the   icon on the Tool Bar or select Adapter Configuration
    from the Advanced pull-down menu.
    A screen similar to the following appears.
    
   
2.  Select Copy Drive Configuration to Adapter.
3.  Click on OK.

Copying the Adapter Configuration to the Drives:

 
You can copy the configuration stored for the ServeRAID adapter or controller to all configured hard disk drives.

To copy the configuration:

1. Click on the   icon on the Tool Bar or select
   Adapter Configuration from the Advanced pull-down menu.
    A screen similar to the following appears.
    
   
2.  Select Copy Adapter Configuration to Drives.
3.  Click on OK.

Initializing the Adapter:

 
Initializing the adapter or controller configuration clears all the logical drives and resets all the functional hard disk drives to the Ready (RDY) state.

This operation is useful when you want to start over and create a new configuration.

To initialize the adapter or controller:

1. Click on the   icon on the Tool Bar or select Adapter Configuration from the Advanced pull-down menu.
    A screen similar to the following appears.
    
   
2.  Select Initialize Adapter Configuration

     -Attention- After you initialize the configuration, you will not have  access to any data stored on the logical drives attached to the selected ServeRAID adapter or controller.

    This choice deletes the existing configuration information, sets all functional hard disk drives attached to the  controller to the Ready state, and deletes all logical drives defined for the controller.

    This choice does not  change any of the ServeRAID adapter or controller settings
    (such as the stripe-unit size, rebuild rate, and so on) from their current or customized values.

3.  Click on OK.

Scanning for New Drives: You can scan for new devices attached to the ServeRAID adapter or controller.

To scan for new drives, click on the   icon on the Tool Bar or
select Scan For New Drives from the Advanced pull-down menu.

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