HP ProLiant BL35p Server Blade User Guide

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This screen also provides access to the Format and Verify screens. To reach either of these screens, move
the cursor to the appropriate field, and then press Enter.
Device Format screen
Use the Format screen to format a particular device. To access this screen, press Enter in the appropriate
field on the Device Properties screen.
CAUTION: After a format is started it cannot be paused or cancelled.
To begin the format, press F.
The formatting procedure sets the sector size to 512 bytes, even if the drive was previously formatted to
another sector size. This is the only sector size that the SAS BIOS configuration utility supports on RAID
volumes.
Device Verify screen
Use the Device Verify screen to verify a particular device. To access this screen, press Enter in the
appropriate field on the Device Properties screen.
Press Enter to begin the verify process. Press Esc to cancel the verify process at any time.