When A Disk Drive Fails - Promise Technology dc5750 - Microtower PC User Manual

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When a Disk Drive Fails

The following will occur when a disk drive fails or goes offline:
• The FastTrak Controller's audible alarm, if enabled, will sound
• The SuperSwap Status LED changes from green to red
• WebPAM reports the condition in Tree View, with popup messages and, if
Event Notification is set up, email messages
• If you have a RAID 1 or a 3-drive RAID 5 logical drive with a hot spare drive
properly configured, the logical drive will automatically rebuild itself using the
spare drive
In the example above, amber ! icons appear over the FastTrak, Controller,
Logical Drive View and Logical Drive icons. Click on the Logical Drive View
Logical Drive
In this example, the Status is Critical and Background activity is Idle. This
indicates that there is no automatic rebuild, so you must take action to restore the
logical drive:
1. Identify the failed disk drive.
2. Replace the failed disk drive.
3. Rebuild your logical drive.
icons to verify the condition of the logical drive.
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