Nvidia 4 - Manual (Page 128)

124 MediaShield User’s Guide – Version 4.0
C HAPTER 3
Using the NVIDIA MediaShield RAID Management Utility
Hot Plug Array
NVIDIA MediaShield arrays can be moved from one NVIDIA-based system to another.
There are two scenarios for doing this.
• System has been properly shut down
See Hot Plug Array with System Shutdown .
• System is running
See Hot Plug Array with System Running .
Hot Plug Array with System Shutdown
When the system is properly shutdown, the Hot Plug Array Wizard is not required. You
can simply add or remove the array, modify the BIOS RAID settings accordingly, and
then power the system back up.
Hot Plug Array with System Running
If required, you can also add or remove a MediaShield array while the system is still
running by using the nForce SATA hot plug capability. However, in order to do this
without the state of the array changing to Degraded or an Error state, you need to alert
MediaShield that the array is about to be removed/added. This is done using the Hot Plug
Array wizard. When the wizard prompts that it is safe to add disks, disks for the array can
be added/removed at that time.
See the following instructions and screen shots for the Hot Plug Array wizard: