7-3disk Commandsdisk initializeTo initialize a SCSI disk for use with the currently opened controller,use the disk initialize command. This command writes datastructures to the disk so that the controller can use the disk.Syntaxdisk initialize [/always{=boolean}][/unconditional{=boolean}]{scsi_device}Parameters{scsi_device}Specifies the ID for the SCSI disk you want to prepare andinitialize for controller use. A SCSI ID consists of a SCSIchannel number (for example, 0, 1, 2, 3, etc.), device ID (0through 15 inclusive), and device logical unit number (0through 7 inclusive). See the scsi_device section onpage 3-7 for more information on how to specify the SCSIdevice.Switches/always{=boolean}Specifies whether to initialize the disk even if the disk has dataon it. If you specify TRUE for this switch, the commandinitializes the disk even if it has data on it. If arrays on the diskhave open files, this command cannot be used. In other words,you need to close all open files before you use this command toinitialize a SCSI disk.The default behavior for the command is FALSE; that is, thedisk initialize command does not initialize a disk thathas data on it. Specifying /always overrides this behavior./unconditional{=boolean}Specifies whether to initialize the disk even if arrays on thedisk have open files. If you specify TRUE for this switch, thecommand initializes the disk even if the disk has open files.
