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18-12 Dell PowerVault 720N, 740N, and 760N System Administrator and Command Reference Guide
3. When the filer prompts you for a new password, enter it at the prompt.
Results: The system prints the following message:
3DVVZRUG&KDQJHG
+LW5HWXUQWRUHERRW
4. Remove the diskette from the filers diskette drive and reboot the filer by pressing
the Enter key.
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1HZ)LOH6\VWHP
,QLWLDOL]LQJ$OO'LVNV(UDVHV$OO'DWD
You might need to initialize all disks and create a single new file system in the follow-
ing circumstances:
You decide to redeploy an existing filer and need to completely reconfigure it.
Dell technical support advises you that the only way to recover from an error is to
initialize all disks.
&$87,21,QLWLDOL]LQJDOOGLVNVFDXVHVDOOH[LVWLQJGDWDWREHORVW
3URFHGXUHIRU,QLWLDOL]LQJ$OO'LVNV
Complete the following steps to initialize all disks:
1. If the console is...
Then...
Displaying the filer prompt, for example,
filer>
 Place the system boot
diskette into the diskette drive of the filer and enter
reboot
.
Not displaying the filer prompt  Reboot from diskette as described in
Booting From System Diskette.
2. When the boot menu appears, enter
4
to choose Initialize all disks.
Results: The filer initializes all the disks and creates a single-volume file system.
1HWZRUN3UREOHPV
'HWHFW1HWZRUN3UREOHPV8VLQJSLQJDWWKH)LOHU&RQVROH
You can detect network problems by going to the filer console and using the
ping
command.