ServeRAID Adapter Messages
RAID Adapter Message
Action
Following drives not
responding. (old state:
new state ch: bay)
One or more drives did not respond to the adapter.
For example, the adapter detected a new drive in an
unconfigured bay, and the drive is not part of the
current configuration. This might also occur if the
adapter detected that a configured drive is missing.
Select F5 to accept the new state that the ServeRAID
adapter will assign to the drive. For example, the
adapter will assign the drive a state of defunct or
empty.
Following new drives
found. (old state: new
state ch: bay)
One or more drives were found in an unconfigured
bay. For each drive listed, a new state of Ready (RDY)
appears.
This is an information message. No action is required.
Following drives found
in new location (old ch:
old bay > new ch: new
bay)
POST found that the location of one or more drives
does not match the stored configuration information.
(See “Configured Drives Are Not in the Configured
Location” on page 333 for more information.)
Installation stopped. The server cannot access the ServeRAID adapter.
This is a follow-on message to a preceding message.
Follow the “Action” instructions for the preceding
message to resolve the problem.
Recoverable
configuration error; run
Configuration program.
The configuration data stored on the adapter NVRAM
does not match the configuration data stored in the
adapter EEPROM.
Insert the IBM ServeRAID Configuration diskette; then,
press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart the system. Select
Advanced Functions and synchronize the adapter
configuration. See “Resetting the Adapter
Configuration” on page 117 for more information.
ServeRAID firmware
version xx.yy
This is the version level of the ServeRAID adapter's
firmware.
This is an information message. No action is required.
WARNING: n logical
drives are critical; n
logical drives are offline.
One or more drives have failed.
Replace the defunct drives as soon as possible to
prevent data loss.
Your server has an error
due to a Blocked Logical
Drive.
One or more logical drives are in a blocked state.
Press F4 to unblock the logical drive. Or press F5 to
continue without any changes.
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