7-32 Troubleshooting

reason, consult your sales agent. It is possible to perform reintegration forcefully.

Source:

srabid

ID:

16395

Description:

x is now STATE_BROKEN / REASON_BELLOW_MTBF (“x”

 

is a device number.)

An unavailable disk is displayed on Disk Management:

Follow the instructions on the table below:

Disk status

 

Description

 

Action

 

[Foreign]

appears

when

[To use the disk’s data]

 

loading

a dynamic disk

Referring to Chapter 3 “Windows

 

which has been used in a

Setup and Operation”, import the disk.

 

different system.

 

[To change the disk to an available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

disk]

 

 

 

 

 

To use this disk, it needs to be

 

 

 

 

 

initialized. It will become available

 

 

 

 

 

after initialization.

 

 

 

 

 

<Note>

 

 

 

 

 

Initialization erases all data on the disk.

 

 

 

 

 

If there is important data, back up data

 

 

 

 

 

before initialization.

 

[Missing]

appears

when a

If there is a volume on the missing

 

dynamic disk is damaged or

disk, break the mirror on that disk.

 

removed.

 

 

Then right-click the [Missing] disk and

 

 

 

 

 

perform [Remove disk].

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Not

Initialized]

appears

Right-click the disk and perform

 

when the disk is not signed.

[Initialize Disk]. The disk will become

 

 

 

 

 

available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Primary PCI module’s status LED2 and DISK ACCESS LED illuminate amber after startup:

Is the mirroring of the hard disks broken?

See [Disk Management] and if the mirror is broken, reconfigure it.

For mirroring configuration, see “DISK OPERATIONS” in Chapter 3 “Windows Setup Operation.”

Other than disk failure, the mirror may be removed at startup after the following operations:

Started the server after shutdown with the PCI module in simplex mode

Started NEC Express5800/ft series when the BMC status LED was blinking The duplication process of Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) is executed