Promise Technology M500i, M500f, M300p, M500p, M300i, M300f Force a Physical Drive Offline/Online

Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe

•PFA – The physical drive has errors resulting in a prediction of failure.

Note

Be sure you have corrected the condition by a physical drive replacement, rebuild operation, etc., first. Then clear the condition in the GUI.

To clear a Stale or PFA status from a physical drive:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click on the Enclosures icon.

3.Click on the Enclosure icon.

4.Click on the Physical Drives icon.

5.Click on a Physical Drive icon.

6.In Management View, click on the Clear tab.

7.In the Confirmation box, click OK to confirm.

Note

If a physical drive has both a Stale and a PFA condition, click the Clear tab once to clear the Stale condition, then click again to clear the PFA condition.

Force a Physical Drive Offline/Online

The Physical Drive–Force Offline/Online tab enables you to force an:

•Online physical drive to go Offline

•Offline physical drive to go Online

The Force Offline/Online tab appears only for physical drives that are assigned to disk arrays.

Caution

Forcing a physical drive offline or online is likely to cause data loss. Back up your data before you proceed. Use these functions only when required.

To force a physical drive offline:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click on the Enclosures icon.

3.Click on the Enclosure icon.

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