
RAID Features
Table 5-12. Physical Drive Usage
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| Drive is available to be configured as part of a RAID volume, defined as a global hot | |
Available | spare, reformatted or set as | |
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In Use | Drive is configured as part of a RAID volume. | |
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Spare | Drive is configured as a global hot spare. See Section 5.1.4.1, “Global Hot Spare” on | |
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Drive is not controlled by RAID firmware and thus cannot be a part of a RAID volume. | ||
The drive will be available to the operating system as an individual disk. | ||
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Claim on Reboot | Gives control of the device to the Intel Integrated RAID subsystem. A reboot may be | |
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Table 5-13. Disk Actions, Usage and Status
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Begin Format | Available | OK |
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Begin Format | In Use | Failed | Formats a drive or allows the drive to be reformatted after | |
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Begin Format | Available (in | Failed | ||
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| Pass- | OK |
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| through | Gives control of the drive to the Intel Integrated RAID | ||
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Claim on | OK | subsystem. | ||
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Identify Drive | Available | OK |
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Identify Drive | In Use | Failed | Identify a drive. Useful for determining the location of a | |
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Identify Drive | In Use | OK | drive within a storage enclosure. | |
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Identify Drive | Spare | OK |
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Mark as Failed | Available | Formatted OK | Alerts a user not to use this drive. Usually utilized in | |
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Mark as Failed | In Use | OK | testing scenarios to simulate a failed drive. | |
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Mark as Normal | Available | Formatted OK | Marks drive as no longer failed. | |
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Mark as Normal | In Use | Failed | ||
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Mark as Spare | Available | OK | Mark drive as a global hot spare. | |
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Mark Offline | Available | OK |
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Mark Offline | In Use | Failed | ||
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Mark Offline | In Use | OK | of a storage enclosure that does not support drives from | |
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Mark Offline | Spare | OK |
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Mark Online | Available | Offline | Marks a drive for use. Drive is ready for power. | |
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Mark Online | In Use | Offline | ||
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