Forcing A Physical Drive Offline Or Online - Promise VTRAK M610i Product Manual

Be sure you have corrected the condition by a physical drive replacement, rebuild
operation, etc., first. Then clear the condition. See "Physical Drive Problems" on
page 273 for more information.
To clear a Stale or PFA status from a physical drive:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the Enclosures
3. Click the Enclosure
4. Click the Physical Drives
5. Click a Physical Drive
6. in Management View, click the Clear tab.
7. In the Confirmation box, click OK to confirm.

Forcing a Physical Drive Offline or Online

The Physical Drive–Force Offline/Online tab enables you to force an:
• Online physical drive to go Offline
• Offline physical drive to go Online
The Force Offline/Online tab appears only for physical drives that are assigned to
disk arrays.
To force a physical drive offline or online:
1. Click the Subsystem
icon in Tree View.
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If a physical drive has both a Stale and a PFA condition, click the
Clear tab once to clear the Stale condition, then click again to clear
the PFA condition.
Forcing a physical drive offline or online is likely to cause data
loss. Back up your data before you proceed. Use these functions
only when required.
Forcing a physical drive offline will cause your logical drives to
become degraded. If Auto Rebuild is enabled and a spare drive is
available, the disk array will begin rebuilding itself automatically.
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