Replacing A Hard Disk Drive - NEC Express5800/R320a-E4 User Manual

3-4 Linux Setup and Operation

Replacing a hard disk drive

To replace a failing hard disk, follow the steps below. Replace a hard disk when the CPU/IO module
0 and 1 are powered on.
Determining a failing disk
This section provides information on how to determine a failing hard disk drive.
IMPORTANT:
This must be operated by root user.
In the ftdiskadm command, select and execute [List RAID Arrays], and the information
1.
on the device (md) for each RAID is displayed.
Check the failed disk form the displayed info.
2.
In the Member column, if [F] is displayed, it means the partition of corresponding disk is
having a failure. The number enclosed with brackets is a slot number telling you which
partitions of the internal disk is having a problem.
The following is an example when a failure occurred on the internal disk stored in the slot 9 (PCI
module 1 – Slot 0).
# ftdiskadm
Command action
1 List RAID Arrays
2 List Internal Disks
3 Make Mirroring Arrays
4 Repair Mirroring Arrays
5 Delete Mirroring Arrays
6 Remove Disk Partitions
7 Make Striping Array
8 Delete Striping Array
c Configurations
q Quit
Command: 1
[List RAID Arrays]
Name Partition
=================================================================
<Mirroring Array (RAID1)>
md0 /boot
md1 Swap
md2 /
md3 /var/crash
(RAID1)
(RAID1)
(RAID1)
(RAID1)
(RAID1+0)
(RAID1+0)
(Label) Status
( - ) DUPLEX
( - ) DUPLEX
( - ) SIMPLEX
( - ) DUPLEX
Member
(1)sda1 (9)sdi1
(1)sda2 (9)sdi2
(1)sda3 F(9)sdi3
(1)sda5 (9)sdi5