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on page 135. After rebuilding, the drive shows Stale. Run Clear Stale then run Clear PFA.
If the physical drive with a PFA error is a spare, you must delete the drive as a spare, then Clear PFA is
available.
After you clear a PFA error, watch for another PFA error to appear. If it does, replace the physical drive.
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This function enables you to force an online physical drive to go Offline.
The Force Offline function appears only for physical drives that are assigned to disk arrays.
Caution
Forcing a physical drive offline is likely to cause data loss. Back up your data before
you proceed. Use this function only when required.
Important
Forcing a physical drive offline causes your logical drives to become degraded. If Auto
Rebuild is enabled and a spare drive is available, the disk array begins rebuilding itself
automatically.
To force a physical drive offline:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Physical Drive Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Global Physical Drives Settings and press Enter .
3. Highlight the physical drive you want and press Enter .
4. Highlight Force Offline and press Enter .
5. Press Y to confirm.
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This feature helps you identify a physical drive within the ASUS DS300f G2 enclosure you are working with
through the CLU. To locate a physical drive:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Physical Drive Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Global Physical Drives Settings and press Enter .
3. Highlight the physical drive you want and press Enter .
4. Highlight Locate Physical Drive and press Enter .
The drive carrier status LED flashes for one minute.
Figure 5 - 5: Drive carrier status LED
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Drive Status LED
Power/Activity LED