HP NetRAID 1Si Controller - Manual (Page 78)

Chapter 3 HP NetRAID Config
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c. Use the arrow keys to highlight the Failed drive that you want to make
available.
d. Press Enter. An action menu appears.
e. Select Make Online.
f. Press Esc repeatedly to return to the HP NetRAID Config Management
menu.
5. Configure this Ready disk by using the Easy Configuration or View/Add
Configuration option from the Configure menu.
Reclaiming a Hot Spare
To change a hot spare into a Ready drive:
1. Choose Objects from the HP NetRAID Config Management menu.
2. Select Physical Drive.
3. Use the arrow keys to select the physical drive that is configured as a hot
spare and press Enter.
4. Select Fail Drive and press Enter. The status of the drive changes to
Ready.
G Formatting Physical Drives
Since most SCSI disk drives are low-level formatted at the factory, this step is
usually not necessary. Hewlett-Packard drives do not require formatting. You
typically must format a disk if:
•
The disk drive was not low-level formatted at the factory.
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An excessive number of media errors is detected on the disk drive.
CAUTION Formatting a physical drive erases all information on the disk.
Media Errors
Check the Properties window for the drive you wish to format. You can check this
window by choosing Objects from the Physical Drive menu, pressing the arrow
keys to highlight the selected drive, and pressing F2.
The error count appears at the bottom of the Properties window. If you feel that
the number of errors is excessive, you can format the disk drive.