Rebuilding The Raid Volume; Checking The Raid 1 Volume Consistency; Connecting The Sata Cables - Lenovo ThinkServer TD230 Hardware Maintenance Manual

3. Follow the instructions on the screen to select the RAID volume.
4. Select Yes and press Enter to delete the RAID volume.

Rebuilding the RAID volume

When there is a failing hard disk drive in the volume, you need to replace the hard disk drive. You can restore
the RAID volume through the rebuilding function.
To rebuild the RAID volume, do the following:
1. Do one of the following:
• Select Management ➙ Rebuild from the main menu. The hard disk drive selection window opens.
The failing hard disk drive will be marked as FAIL.
• Select Objects ➙ Physical Drive from the main menu.
2. Use the space key to select the hard disk drive that needs to be rebuilt.
3. Press F10. When prompted, select Yes to start rebuilding. The hard disk drive status will be shown as
REBUILD.
4. After finish rebuilding, press any key to continue other operations you want to do.

Checking the RAID 1 volume consistency

Checking the consistency of the RAID volume helps you find the problem about inconsistency volume data
and then automatically restore this problem. This function only applies to RAID 1.
The controller can only report the inconsistency or report and fix the inconsistency. From the main menu,
select Objects ➙ Adapter ➙ Chkconstate to set the controller.
To check the consistency of the RAID 1 volume, do the following:
1. Select Management ➙ Check Consistency from the main menu and press Enter. The Check
Consistency menu opens.
2. Use the space key to select the desired RAID volume.
Note: Only the RAID 1 volume can be selected. If you select other RAID volume, for example RAID 0, a
message will be displayed, showing this volume cannot be selected.
3. Press F10. When prompted, select Yes to start checking the consistency.

Connecting the SATA cables

This topic provides instructions on how to connect the SATA cable(s) to the hot-swap hard disk drive
backplanes and the system board.
If you are connecting the hot-swap hard disk drive backplanes to the system board, use the 790 mm (31.70
inches) SATA cable assembly that comes with your server. Connect one end of the SATA cable to the
SATA/SAS connector on the hot-swap hard disk drive backplanes, and then connect the other end of the
SATA cable to the SATA connector on the system board.
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