Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager; Identifying A Failed Or Failing Component; Recovering From A Disk Drive Failure - Adaptec RAID 2130SLP User Manual

Troubleshooting Adaptec Storage Manager

If you experience problems installing or using Adaptec Storage Manager, follow these
suggestions:
Ensure that you are logged in to Adaptec Storage Manager at the permission level you need
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to perform the tasks you want. (See
Ensure that all managed systems are powered on and that you are logged in to any remote
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systems you want to manage. (See
Check all cable connections.
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Try uninstalling and reinstalling Adaptec Storage Manager.
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Identifying a Failed or Failing Component

When your are notified of a Warning- or Error-level event, use Adaptec Storage Manager's
rapid fault isolation feature to quickly identify the source of the problem.
For instance, in this example, a disk drive has failed. To find the failed disk drive, follow the
yellow Error icons:
...and both the failed disk drive (marked with red X)

Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure

When a disk drive fails for any reason, it is represented in Adaptec Storage
Manager with a red X, as shown at right.
This section explains how to recover when a disk drive fails:
If the logical drive was protected by a hot spare (see
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If the logical drive was not protected by a hot spare (see
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If there is a disk drive failure in more than one logical drive simultaneously (see
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If it is a RAID 0 logical drive (see
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If multiple disk drives fail within the same logical drive (see
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Error is on the local system...
...on Controller 1...
and hot spare (with yellow +) are affected.
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