12.5 How can i initialize a device connected to a server?

WARNING:Do not initialize the device that contains the operating system.

  1. In UMC, click Storage > Devices.

  2. Search or browse the servers to list the devices associated with them.

  3. Select the device, click More Options icon, and then click Initialize Icon.

  4. Select the partitioning scheme, click Sharable for clustering option for device sharing if required, and then click CONFIRM.

    • You can select the DOS partition table scheme that supports devices up to 2TB in size. It allows up to four partitions on a device.

    • You can select the GPT partition table scheme that supports device size up to 2E64 sectors (that is, up to 8388608petabytes (PB) based on the 512-byte sector size). It allows up to 128 partitions per disk. Each of its disks partitions is a logical device that is identified by a unique 128-bit (16-byte) GUID.

    The status of the initialized device reflects in the device list.