Corrective
Check the cable connections and fix any problems before restarting the system. If there are no
Action:
cable problems, press any key or <Y> to continue.
Adapter At Baseport Not Responding Error Message
Error Message:
Adapter at Baseport xxxx is not responding, where xxxx is the
baseport of the controller.
Corrective
Contact Dell Technical Support.
Action:
Offline Or Missing Virtual Drives With Preserved Cache Error Message
Error Message:
There are offline or missing virtual drives with preserved
cache. Please check the cables and ensure that all drives are
present. Press any key to enter the configuration utility.
Probable Cause:
The controller preserves the dirty cache from a virtual disk if the disk becomes offline or is
deleted because of missing physical disks. This preserved dirty cache is called pinned cache,
and is preserved until you import the virtual disk, or discard the cache.
Corrective
Use the <Ctrl> <R> utility to import the virtual disk or discard the preserved cache. For the
Action:
steps used to manage preserved cache, see the topic
Virtual Disks Offline Error Message
Error Message:
x Virtual Disk(s) Degraded, where x is the number of virtual
disks degraded.
Probable Cause:
This message is displayed when the BIOS detects virtual disks in a degraded state.
Corrective
Take corrective action(s) to make the virtual disks optimal. The BIOS does not take any action.
Action:
Virtual Disks Degraded Error Message
Error Message:
x Virtual Disk(s) Degraded, where x is the number of virtual
disks degraded.
Probable Cause:
This message is displayed when the BIOS detects virtual disks in a degraded state.
Corrective
To make the virtual disks optimal, take one the following corrective actions:
Action:
The BIOS does not take any action.
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Ensure all disks in the Virtual Disk are present and online.
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Replace any failed disks that may be in the array.
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Correct a hot spare disk, and rebuild the array.
Managing Preserved
Cache.