Promise Technology 150TX2 user manual Rebuilding a Mirrored Array

FastTrak S150 TX2plus User Manual

Rebuilding a Mirrored Array

The Rebuild Array (5) Menu option can be used to recover from an error in a mirrored disk array. You will receive an error message when booting your system from the FastTrak BIOS.

Important

Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical errors.

Follow these steps before using the Rebuild Array menu option:

1.On bootup, the FastTrak S150 TX2plus Startup BIOS will display an error message identifying which drive has failed.

2.Press Ctrl-F to enter FastBuild Main Menu.

3.Select submenu Define Array (3).

4.Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the failed drive.

5.Power off and physically remove the failed drive.

6.Replace the drive with an identical model.

7.Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu.

8.Select the Rebuild Array (5) option. The following screen will appear.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.

[ Rebuild Array Menu ]

Array No	RAID Mode	Total Drv	Capacity(MB)	Status
Array 1	Stripe	2	160048	Functional
Array 2	Mirror	2	80024	Critical
Array 3	——	——	——	——
Array 4	——	——	——	——
		[ Keys Available ]
[↑ ] Up [↓ ] Down	[ESC] Exit	[Enter] Select

9.Highlight the array whose Status is Critical.

10.Press Enter. The following screen will then appear (see next page).

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