Identifying The Location Of A Faulty Drive Module - R/Evolution 2000 Series Troubleshooting Manual

Replace the defective drive and make the new drive a global spare while the
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rebuilding process continues. This procedure installs the new drive and assigns it
as a global spare so that an automatic rebuild can occur if a drive module fails on
another virtual disk.
If a drive module fails in another virtual disk before a new global spare is
assigned, you must manually rebuild the virtual disk.

Identifying the Location of a Faulty Drive Module

Before replacing a drive module, perform the following steps to ensure that you
have identified the correct drive module for removal.
Caution – Failure to identify the correct drive module might result in data loss
from removing the wrong drive.
1. When a disk drive fault occurs, the failed disk drive's lower LED is solid yellow,
indicating that it must be replaced; locate the yellow LED at the front of the drive
module.
2. To verify the faulty drive module from RAIDar, select Monitor > Status > Status
Summary.
3. In the Virtual Disk Overview panel, locate and click any critical virtual disks
The Virtual Disk Status panel is displayed. As shown below, the Virtual Disk Drive
List panel shows the status of the faulty drive as Down.
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