Smart Errors - Dell PowerEdge RAID H700 User Manual

SMART Errors

Table 9-5 describes issues related to the Self-Monitoring Analysis and
Reporting Technology (SMART). SMART monitors the internal performance
of all motors, heads, and physical disk electronics and detects predictable
physical disk failures.
NOTE:
For information about where to find reports of SMART errors that could
indicate hardware failure, see the Dell OpenManage storage management
documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.
Table 9-5. SMART Errors
Issue
A SMART error is
detected on a
physical disk in a
redundant virtual
disk.
A SMART error is
detected on a
physical disk in a
non-redundant
virtual disk.
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Troubleshooting
Corrective Action
Perform the following steps:
Back up your data.
1
Force the physical disk offline.
2
NOTE:
If a hot spare is present, the rebuild starts with the hot
spare after the disk is forced offline.
Replace it with a new physical disk of equal or higher capacity.
3
Perform the Replace Member operation.
4
The Replace Member operation allows you to copy data from
a source physical disk of a virtual disk to a target physical disk
that is not a part of the virtual disk. For more information
about the Replace Member feature, see "Using Replace
Member and Revertible Hot Spares" on page 35.
Perform the following steps:
Back up your data.
1
Use Replace Member or set up a global hot spare to replace
2
the disk automatically.
For more information about the Replace Member feature, see
"Using Replace Member and Revertible Hot Spares" on
page 35.
Replace the affected physical disk with a new physical disk of
3
equal or higher capacity.
Restore from the backup.
4