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Steps for recovering from defunct drives
Rebuilding a hot-swap drive
Recovering from an incomplete format of a physical drive
If the defunct drives are part of an array, do the following:
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If more than one hard disk drive in an array is defunct, see "Recovery
procedures" on page 189.
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If a Rebuild operation is in progress, wait until the Rebuild is complete.
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If one hard disk drive is Defunct, replace drive with a new one. Refer to
"Recovery procedures for one defunct drive" on page 190.
A hot-swap rebuild refers to a rebuild operation that is started by the ServeRAID
controller. The rebuild begins when the controller detects that a drive that is part of an
array and in the defunct state has been removed and reinserted on the SCSI cable or
backplane. The reinsertion of the hard disk drive, whether it is the same drive or a
new drive, will trigger the ServeRAID controller to start the Rebuild operation.
During the Rebuild operation, the drive being rebuilt is in the rebuild state, and the
logical drive remains critical until the Rebuild operation has been successfully
completed.
On IBM servers, when a hot-spare drive is available, the Rebuild operation will begin
automatically without the requirement to replace the failed drive.
To start a hot-swap rebuild, do the following:
1.
Without removing the drive completely, gently remove the hard disk drive from
the server, using the handle of the hot-swap tray. If necessary, refer to the
documentation that comes with your server on removing a hard disk drive.
2.
Wait 20 seconds to allow the disk drive to completely spin down.
Note: When power is removed from a hot-swap drive, the drive immediately
parks the heads, locks the actuator in the "landing zone", and begins
spinning down. However, the spinning down of the disk might require up
to 20 seconds after power is removed. Do not move the drive while it is
spinning down. Moving the drive while it is spinning down may damage
the drive.
3.
Remove Defunct Drive and gently install replacement drive. Make sure the drive
is completely installed in the backplane connector.
During formatting of a physical drive, if the format process is stopped by a system
reset, system shut down, power outage, or by some other means, the physical drive
becomes inoperable.
To enable the physical drive to communicate with the ServeRAID controller again, do
the following:
1.
Note the channel of the ServeRAID controller to which the physical drive is
connected.
2.
Note the SCSI ID of the physical drive.
3.
Use the ipssend format function to restart the format of the physical drive. The
syntax is: ipssend format controller channel sid
where:
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controller is the ServeRAID controller number (1-12)
Installing and configuring ServeRAID controllers
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