System shutdown rebuild, Manual rebuild, Verifying drives – HP 6 Port SATA RAID Controller User Manual
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Configuring an array 8
System shutdown rebuild
1.
Power down the system.
2.
Replace the failed drive with a new one of equal or greater capacity.
3.
Restart the system.
4.
At the appropriate prompt during POST, press the Ctrl+A keys or the F8 key to access the RAID
Configuration Utility.
5.
From the menu, select Array Configuration Utility.
6.
From the main menu of the array configuration utility, select Add/Delete Hotspares.
7.
Assign the new drive as a hotspare. This starts the Rebuild task. All the data from the good drive is copied
to the new one, and the original RAID 1 array is re-created.
Manual rebuild
IMPORTANT:
If a hard drive in the array fails and the array does not have a hotspare, you must add a
hotspare before you can rebuild the array. Refer to on page 5.
1.
From the main menu of the array configuration utility, select Manage Arrays.
2.
From the List of Arrays, select the array that you want to rebuild.
3.
Press the Ctrl+R keys to begin the rebuild process.
Verifying drives
NOTE:
The Verify Drives menu option is not available if the array has failed.
If you are notified of a data mismatch during RAID 1 array creation by a Build operation, you can verify the
drives to determine a possible cause of the mismatch.
To verify the drives:
1.
From the main menu of the array configuration utility, select Verify Drives.
2.
Select the drives that you want to verify.
3.
Press the Ctrl+S keys.
When the Verify Drives operation is complete, you are notified of any errors found.