Format Card Command

The -format command erases all of the data on the selected Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Card.

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Caution - Data Loss. Use the -format command with caution, because it erases all of the data on the card. Create a backup of all data before running this command.

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Text Menu Interface Usage: The following top-level menu lists the cards in the system and prompts you to select a card on which to perform an operation. Two Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe Cards are shown in the following example:

# ddcli 
****************************************************************
 LSI Corporation WarpDrive Management Utility
 Version  107.00.00.04 (2012.06.05)
 Copyright (c) 2011 LSI Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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ID    WarpDrive     Package Version    PCI Address
--    ---------     ---------------    -----------
1     ELP-4x100-4d-n    06.05.10.00        00:09:00:00
2     ELP-4x100-4d-n    06.05.10.00        00:05:00:00
Select the WarpDrive [1-2 or 0:Quit]: 1
1.    List WarpDrive Information
2.    Update Flash Package
3.    Display WarpDrive Health
4.    Locate WarpDrive
5.    Format WarpDrive
6.    Show Vital Product Data
7.    Extract SMART Logs
Select Operation [1-7 or 0:Quit]: 5
 
Enter whether to format single or all SSDs[1:Single 2:All or 0:Quit] 2
 
Perform Over-provisioning? (Yes/No): No
 
 
WARNING: Formatting will result in loss of all data on the selected WarpDrive device. 
Type YES if you would like to continue, or any other key to abort the request: yes
LSI WarpDrive Management Utility: Please wait. Format of WarpDrive is in progress.....
LSI WarpDrive Management Utility: WarpDrive format successfully completed.
 
Select the WarpDrive [1-2 or 0:Quit]: 1
1.    List WarpDrive Information
2.    Update Flash Package
3.    Display WarpDrive Health
4.    Locate WarpDrive
5.    Format WarpDrive
6.    Show Vital Product Data
7.    Extract SMART Logs
Select Operation [1-7 or 0:Quit]: 1
 

Command Line Interface Usage: Enter either of the following lines of text in the CLI to run the -format command: ddcli -c 1 -format or dccli -c 1 -format -s

The -s option for the -format command activates silent mode. In silent mode, the ddcli utility does not require confirmation before running the -format command.

If the -s option is not specified, the ddcli utility prompts you for confirmation before running the command.

Related Information

• ddcli Utility Command Summary