This menu allows you to view the topology of hard drives controlled by the LSI SAS3008IT, view the details about a single drive, format and verify hard drives, and set a hard drive as the first boot device.
Screen Overview
Figure 1 shows the SAS Topology screen.
Use ↑ and ↓ to select an item and press Enter.
Table 1 describes the parameters on the screen.
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Device Identifier | Device name. |
Device Info | Device information. |
Lighting Up Hard Drive Indicators
Select a hard drive and press Enter.
The indicators of the selected hard drive are on.
Formatting and Verifying a Hard Drive
Select a hard drive and press ALT+D.
The Device Properties screen of the selected hard drive is displayed and provides menus for formatting and verifying the hard drive, as shown in Figure 2.
- Format: formats a hard drive.
- Verify: displays the hard drive health status, which indicates whether there are damaged or bad sectors.Figure 2 Device Properties screen


