Rebuilding A Mirrored Array - Promise Technology FastTrak S150 User Manual

FastTrak S150 TX4 User Manual

Rebuilding a Mirrored Array

The Rebuild Array (5) Menu option can be used to recover from an error in a
mirrored disk array. You will receive an error message when booting your
system from the FastTrak BIOS.
Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical
errors.
Follow these steps before using the Rebuild Array menu option:
1. On bootup, the FastTrak S150 TX4 Startup BIOS will display an error
message identifying which drive has failed.
2. Press Ctrl-F to enter FastBuild Main Menu.
3. Select submenu Define Array (3).
4. Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the failed drive.
5. Power off and physically remove the failed drive.
6. Replace the drive with an identical model.
7. Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu.
8. Select the Rebuild Array (5) option. The following screen will appear.
FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.
Array No
Array 1
Array 2
Array 3
Array 4
[ ] Up [ ] Down
9. Highlight the array whose Status is Critical.
10. Press Enter. The following screen will then appear (see next page).
[ Rebuild Array Menu ]
RAID Mode Total Drv
Stripe
Mirror
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[ Keys Available ]
[ESC] Exit [Enter] Select
Important
Capacity(MB)
2 160048
2 80024
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30
Status
Functional
Critical
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