Use a USB flash drive to initialize a system and also to help service the node canisters in a control enclosure.For Lenovo Storage V7000 Gen2 use Procedure: Initializing the Lenovo Storage V7000 Gen2 system using the technician port to initialize and service the Lenovo Storage V7000 Gen2 system.
The initialization tool is a Windows application. Use the initialization tool to set up the USB flash drive to perform the most common tasks.
When a USB flash drive is inserted into one of the USB ports on a node canister in a control enclosure, the software searches for a control file on the USB flash drive and runs the command that is specified in the file. When the command completes, the command results and node status information are written to the USB flash drive.