Offline Array Disk; Prepare To Remove; Properties; General Controller Commands - Dell PowerVault 750N System Administrator Manual

Offline Array Disk

You can only set to offline an array disk that is part of a virtual disk that has been set to
online.
Right-click on the disk that you want to set to offline.
1
Click Offline.
2
A confirmation dialog box appears.
Click OK to continue.
3
In the right pane, the status of the disk will be changed from Online to Failed.

Prepare to Remove

Use this procedure to prepare for removing an array disk from a PERC 3/DC or PERC 3/QC
controller.
NOTICE: To prevent data loss, it is recommended that you perform this operation before you
remove any physical disk from an enclosure.
Right-click on the disk that you want to remove.
1
Click Prepare to Remove, and then click OK to continue.
2
When the lights on the disk you have prepared to remove stop blinking, the disk is
ready to be physically removed. The disk will not be listed in the array group.

Properties

Use this command to display the array disk properties.

General Controller Commands

This section describes the general controller operations:
• Rescan controller
• Flush cache
• Enable sound
• Disable sound
• Rebuild rate
• Properties
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