Promise Technology FAST TRAK100TM user manual Rebuilding a Mirrored Array, Total Drv CapacityMB

FastTrak100 User Manual

Rebuilding A Mirrored Array

The Rebuild Array <5> Menu option is necessary to recover from an error in a mirrored disk array. You will receive an error message when booting your system from the FastTrak BIOS.

NOTE: Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical errors.

Follow these steps BEFORE using the Rebuild Array menu option:

1.On bootup, the FastTrak100 Startup BIOS will display an error message identifying which drive has failed.

2.Press <Ctrl-F> keys to enter FastBuild Main Menu.

3.Select submenu Define Array <3>.

4.Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the failed drive.

5.Power off and physically remove the failed drive.

6.Replace the drive with an identical model.

7.Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu.

8.Select the <5> Rebuild Array option. The following screen will appear.

FastBuild (tm) Utility 1.xx (c) 1995-2000 Promise Technology, Inc.

			[ Rebuild Array Menu ]
Array No	RAID Mode		Total Drv	Capacity(MB)		Status
Array 1	Stripe		2	16126	Functional
Array 2	Mirror		2	8063	Critical
Array 3	——	——	——	——
Array 4	——	——	——	——
			[ Keys Available ]
			[−] Up [↓] Down	[ESC] Exit	[Enter] Select

9.Highlight the array whose Status is “Critical”.

10.Press [Enter]. The following screen will then appear (see next page).

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