Recovering Unusable (Ded) Disk Drives - Intergraph InterRAID-12 Hardware User's Manual

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5. At the command prompt, key in daccf.
6. If you have multiple RAID controller boards installed in the system, select the controller
to be configured.
7. From the DACCF Main Menu, select the Automatic Configuration option (which
defaults to RAID Level 5).
8. If a WARNING window displays, you have selected a controller that has been previously
configured. Select YES to overwrite the configuration, or select NO to discontinue.
You can use Select DAC960 of the DACCF Main Menu to select another controller, and
then re-select Automatic Configuration if desired.
9. Select YES to enable write-back cache, if desired. The configuration displays. Press
any key to continue.
10. Select the Initialize System Drive option of the DACCF Main Menu to initialize the
system drive.
11. When the system drive list displays, select Sys Drv 0 and press
12. At the confirmation window, use the arrow key to select YES and press
13. A status bar shows the progress of the initialization. After initialization is complete,
press any key to continue.
14. From the DACCF Main Menu, select Advanced Functions, and then select Hardware
Parameters.
15. Toggle the Array Encl MGMT I/F option to Enabled.
16. Press
17. Select Yes to save the configuration.
18. Exit DACCF, remove the diskette, and then restart the system.
19. Under Windows NT, run Disk Administrator. Select YES to create a signature file.
20. Partition and format the disk space. Use the Help command for specific instructions to
partition and format the drive.

Recovering Unusable (DED) Disk Drives

If the InterRAID cabinet is powered down before the system, or if a power outage occurs, all
of the system drives may show up as unusable (DED) the next time you power on the system.
Should this occur, use the following procedures to make the drives online (ONL).
CAUTION Perform the following procedures only if all disk drives are marked DED by an incorrect
power down sequence, or if a power outage occurs. If a particular drive is truly unusable,
replace it as described in Appendix B, "Troubleshooting."
twice to save the setting.
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