MSI Big Bang-XPower manual Degraded RAID Array

Intel RAID

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).

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

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