SMART errors
SMART monitors the internal performance of all motors, heads, and physical disk electronics and detects
predictable physical disk failures.
NOTE: For information about where to find reports of SMART errors that could indicate hardware
failure, see the Dell OpenManage storage management documentation at dell.com/support/
manuals.

Smart error detected on a physical disk in a redundant virtual disk

Issue: A SMART error is detected on a physical disk in a redundant virtual disk.
Corrective
Action:
Perform the following steps:
1. Back up your data.
2. Force the physical disk offline.
NOTE: If a hot spare is present, the rebuild starts with the hot spare after
the disk is forced offline.
3. Replace the disk with a new physical disk of equal or higher capacity.
4. Perform the Replace Member operation.
NOTE: The Replace Member operation allows you to copy data from a
source physical disk of a virtual disk to a target physical disk that is not a
part of the virtual disk. For more information about the Replace Member
feature, see the topic Using Replace Member And Revertible Hot Spares.

Smart error detected on a physical disk in a non-redundant virtual disk

Issue: A SMART error is detected on a physical disk in a redundant virtual disk.
Corrective
Action:
Perform the following steps:
1. Back up your data.
2. Use Replace Member or set up a global hot spare to replace the disk
automatically.
NOTE: For more information about the Replace Member feature, see the
topic Using Replace Member And Revertible Hot Spares.
3. Replace the affected physical disk with a new physical disk of equal or higher
capacity.
4. Restore from the backup.
Replace member errors
NOTE: For more information about the Replace Member features, see Using Replace Member And
Revertible Hot Spares.
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