Chapter 11: Managing Controllers, Disk Drives, and Enclosures ● 124Initializing Disk DrivesYou can use Adaptec Storage Manager to initialize any disk drives that are in a Ready state, ifrequired. You may want to do this to erase all existing data and metadata (including all logicaldrive information).Caution: Do not initialize a disk drive that is part of a logical drive. Initializing a disk drivethat’s part of a logical drive may make the logical drive unusable.Back up all data from your disk drive before you initialize it.To initialize a single disk drive:1 In the Physical Devices view, click the disk drive you want to initialize.2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Initialize.3 Click Yes to initialize the disk drive.The initialization begins.To initialize all ready disk drives on a controller:1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller whose disk drives you want to initialize.2 In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Initialize all ready drives.3 Click Yes to initialize the disk drives.The initialization begins.!
