Installing From A Driver Update Diskette; Rebuilding A Drive - IBM System x Education ServeRAID M1000 Series Study Manual

Servicing the IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA II Controllers –Troubleshooting and Problem Determination
5. Select the Windows adapter from the menu by using the arrow key to
highlight it and pressing ENTER.
6. Press ENTER again to proceed
7. Return to the Windows Setup screen. Windows displays a 'Welcome to
Setup' window.
8. Press ENTER to continue.
9. Follow the Microsoft Windows Installation procedure by typing 'C' to continue.
10. Repeat this process for the adapters on your system.

Installing from a Driver Update Diskette

To install the MegaRAID device driver in a new Red Hat Linux 3.0, 4.0, or 5.0
system from a driver update diskette, create the diskette using the Linux driver
image on the Red Hat Linux Installation CD. Perform the following steps:
1. Boot to CD-ROM with Disk 1.
2. Type: linux dd
3. Insert the driver diskette. The utility locates and loads the driver for your
device.
4. Press ALT + CTRL + F4 to verify the driver is loaded
5. Follow the Red Hat Linux installation procedure to complete the installation.

Rebuilding a Drive

If a single drive in a RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or RAID 50 virtual drive fails, the
system is protected from data loss. A failed drive must be replaced, and the data on
the drive must be rebuilt on a new drive to restore the system to fault tolerance. (You
can choose to rebuild the data on the failed drive if the drive is still operational.) If
hot spare drives are available, the failed drive is rebuilt automatically without any
user intervention.
If a drive has failed, a red circle appears to the right of the drive icon. A small yellow
circle appears to the right of the icon of the virtual drive that uses this drive. This
indicates that the virtual drive is in a degraded state; the data is still safe, but data
could be lost if another drive fails.
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