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Degraded RAID Array

A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of its hard drive members fails or is temporarily disconnected, and data mirroring is lost. As a result, the system can only utilize the remaining functional hard drive member. To re-establish data mirroring and restore data redundancy, refer to the procedure below that corre- sponds to the current situation.

Missing Hard Drive Member

1.Make sure the system is powered off.

2.Reconnect the hard drive.

3.Reboot the system to Windows; the rebuild will occur automatically. Failed Hard Drive Member

1.Make sure the system is powered off.

2.Replace the failed hard drive with a new one that is of equal or greater capacity.

3.Reboot the system to Intel RAID Option ROM by press <Ctrl> and <I> keys simul- taneously during the Power-On Self Test (POST).

RAID Volumes
ID	Name	Level	Strip	Size	Status		Bootable
0	Volume0	RAID 1(Mirror) N/A		XXX.XGB Degraded			Yes
Physical Disks:
Port	Device Model		Serial #		Size	Type/Status(Vol ID)
1	XXXXXXXXXXXXX		XXXXXXXXXXXXX		XXX.XGB	Member Disk (0)
2	XXXXXXXXXXXXX		XXXXXXXXXXXXX		XXX.XGB	Member Disk (0)
Press	<CTRL-I>	to enter Configuration Utility..

4. Select the port of the destination disk for rebuilding, and then press ENTER.

				[ MAIN MENU ]
	1.	Create RAID Volume			4.	Recovery Volume Options
	2.			[ DEGRADED VOLUME DETECTED			]
		Delete RAID Volume				Recovery Volume Options
		“Degraded” volume and disk available for rebuilding detected. Selecting
				5.	Exit	operating system.
		a disk initiates a rebuild. Rebuild completes in the
				[ DISK / VOLUME INFORMATION			]
RAID Volumes :
None	defined.Select the port of the destination disk for rebuilding (ESC to exit):
		Port	Drive	Model	Serial #				Size
Physical		1	XXXX-XXXXXXXX		XXXXXXXXXXXXXX			XXX.XGB
		Dev
Port	Device Model			Serial #			Size	Type/Status (Vol ID)
1	XXXX-XXXXXXXX			XXXXXXXXXXXXXX		XXX.XGB		Non-RAID Disk
2			[ ↑↓] - Previous/ Next		[ENTER] - Select		[ESC] - Exit		-RAID Disk
	XXXX-XXXXXXXX

[ ↑↓] - Select [ESC] - Exit [ENTER] - Select Menu

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