Troubleshooting Checklist; Recovering From A Disk Drive Failure; Failed Disk Drive Protected By A Hot Spare - Adaptec 44300 Installation And User Manual

Troubleshooting Checklist

If you encounter difficulties installing or using your HostRAID controller, check these items
first:
With your computer powered off, check the connections to each disk drive, the power
supply, the LED connector, and so on.
Try disconnecting and reconnecting disk drives from the HostRAID controller.
Check that your HostRAID controller is installed in a compatible expansion slot (PCI-X).
To double-check the bus compatibility of your controller, see
Controller on page
Ensure that your HostRAID controller is firmly seated and secured in the PCI-X expansion
slot.
If your HostRAID controller is not detected during system boot, try installing it in a
different PCI-X expansion slot. (See
Did the driver install correctly?
If you are still unable to resolve a problem, you can find additional troubleshooting
information and direction on the Adaptec Web site at www.adaptec.com and the Adaptec
Support Knowledgebase at ask.adaptec.com.

Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure

This section explains how to recover when a disk drive fails:
If the array was protected by a hot spare (see next section).
If the array was not protected by a hot spare (see
If there is a disk drive failure in more than one array simultaneously (see
If it is a RAID 0 array (see
If multiple disk drives fail within the same array (see
Note:
(see page

Failed Disk Drive Protected by a Hot Spare

When an array is protected by a hot spare, if a disk drive in that array fails the hot spare is
automatically incorporated into the array and takes over for the failed drive.
To recover from the failure:
Remove and replace the failed disk drive (following manufacturer's instructions).
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