Usind Disk Alert - MSI MS-7160 User Manual

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Usind Disk Alert

The RAID manager application includes a disk alert feature that provides a graphical
indication of the status of the hard disks in the system.
W hen the RAID manager application detects a failure condition of an attached drive,
a pop-up box appears in the clock area of the W indows system tray. Click the pop-
up box to view the manufacturer-provide bitmap image of the system motherboard.
The image shows the hard drive connector ports and provides a visual indication of
the location and status of the drives as follows:
• Red rectangle: A red rectangle will flash around the port connector that is at-
tached to the failed drive.
• Green rectangle: Ports that have a drive attached, and are in a healthy state, are
indicated with a green rectangle around the port connector.
• Yellow rectangle: Ports that have a drive attached, are members of a failed RAID
array, but are not the cause of the failure have a yellow rectangle around the port
connector.
Unconnected ports have no visual indication.
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