If you insert a physical disk that was previously a member of a virtual disk in the system, and that disk’s previous location has been taken by a replacement disk through a rebuild, you must manually remove the foreign configuration flag of the newly inserted disk.
Previous configuration cleared or missing error message
Error Message: | Previous configuration(s) cleared or missing. Importing |
| configuration created on XX/XX XX.XX. Press any key to |
| continue, or ’C’ to load the configuration utility. |
Probable | The message indicates that the controller and physical disks have different |
Cause: | configurations. |
Corrective | You can use the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl> <R>) to clear the foreign |
Action: | configuration. |
Invalid SAS topology detected error message
Error Message: | Invalid SAS topology detected. Please check your cable |
| configurations, repair the problem, and restart your system. |
Probable | The SAS cables for your system are improperly connected. |
Cause: |
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Corrective | Check the cable connections and fix problems if any. Restart the system. |
Action: |
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Configured disks removed or not accessible error message
Error Message: | Some configured disks have been removed from your system or are |
| no longer accessible. Check your cables and ensure all disks |
| are present. Press any key or ’C’ to continue. |
Probable | The message indicates that some configured disks were removed. If the disks were |
Cause: | not removed, they are no longer accessible. The SAS cables for your system might |
| be improperly connected. |
Corrective | Check the cable connections and fix issues if any. Restart the system. If there are |
Action: | no cable problems, press any key or <C> to continue. |
Degraded state of virtual disks
A redundant virtual disk is in a degraded state when one or more physical disks have failed or are inaccessible. For example, if a RAID 1 virtual disk consists of two physical disks and one of them fails or become inaccessible, the virtual disk become degraded.
To recover a virtual disk from a degraded state, you must replace the failed physical disk and rebuild it. Once the rebuilding process is complete, the virtual disk state changes from degraded to optimal. For information on rebuilding the disk, see Performing A Manual Rebuild Of An Individual Physical Disk.
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