Promise Technology M500i, M500f, M300p Force Physical Drive Offline/Online, Locate Physical Drive

Chapter 5: Management with the CLU

If a physical drive is offline and shows a PFA error, rebuild the disk array. Go to Disk Array Info and Settings. After rebuilding, the drive will show Stale. Run Clear Stale then run Clear PFA.

If the physical drive with a PFA error is a spare, you must delete the drive as a spare, then Clear PFA will be available.

After you clear a PFA error, watch for another PFA error to appear. If it does, replace the physical drive.

Force Physical Drive Offline/Online

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

•Online physical drive to go Offline

•Offline physical drive to go Online

The Force Offline/Online function 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.

1.From the Main Menu, highlight Physical Drive Management and press Enter.

2.Highlight Global Physical Drives Settings and press Enter.

3.Highlight the physical drive of your choice and press Enter.

4.Highlight Force Offline or Force Online and press Enter.

5.Press Y to confirm.

Locate Physical Drive

This feature helps you identify a physical drive within the VTrak enclosure you are working with through the CLU.

1.From the Main Menu, highlight Physical Drive Management and press Enter.

2.Highlight Global Physical Drives Settings and press Enter.

3.Highlight the physical drive of your choice and press Enter.

4.Highlight Locate Physical Drive and press Enter.

The drive carrier LEDs on the front of the VTrak will blink for one minute.

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