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114 5 Configuring IDE Software RAID

Field	Description
Fail Physical Drive if	Marks drive as Failed when error threshold is reached. After
Error Threshold	this drive is marked as Failed, it can’t be used anymore. Drive
Reached	status can be changed only from the BIOS Configuration
	Utility (<Ctrl><M>). This option is not set by default.
Start Rebuilding if Error	IDE Software RAID Configuration Console begins an
Threshold Reached	automatic rebuild if the array has more than a specified
	number of errors. If so, it starts an automatic rebuild.
	* - This option is valid only for arrays set for reliability mode
	(RAID 1 mirrored arrays).
Check Array for Rebuild	IDE Software RAID Configuration Console checks the number
at Startup	of errors in the arrays to see if they need rebuilding.
Stop Rebuilding if	If the maximum number of errors allowed is found in an
Rebuilding Error	array during rebuild, IDE Software RAID Configuration
Threshold Reached	Console will stop the rebuild.
Make Contents of Array	If IDE Software RAID Configuration Console finds mismatches
Drives Identical after	between two mirrored (RAID 1) arrays, it will copy the data
Check Consistency error	from one drive to the other to make them identical.
found	* - This option is valid only for arrays set for reliability mode
	(RAID 1 mirrored arrays).
Delete Activity Log Files	This deletes the activity log file if it reaches the maximum
when it reaches	allowable size (as set in the box below this item).
maximum Allowed Size	If checked, the activity log file is overwritten when it reaches
	the maximum size. If not checked, the file stops updating
	when it reaches the maximum size and is not updated
	anymore.
Activity Log File Size	Use this box to select the maximum size for the activity log
	file.
Enable S.M.A.R.T. on	If this option is checked, it enables S.M.A.R.T. monitoring of
Physical Drive	all physical drives attached to the RAID controller.
S.M.A.R.T. Poll Interval	This setting allows you to set the time interval that S.M.A.R.T.
	status is checked.

Note: S.M.A.R.T. stands for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. This feature is built into the hard drive that checks for potential problems that can crash the hard drive. Not all hard drives have this feature.

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