Intel
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RAID Software User’s Guide 45
Adding a Hot-spare Drive
To add a hot-spare drive to an existing configuration, follow these steps:
1. Select Objects from the Main Menu.
2. Select Physical Drive. A list of physical drives is displayed.
3. Select an unused drive from the list, and select Make Hot Spare. The screen changes to
indicate HOTSP.
Removing a Hot-spare Drive
To remove a hot-spare drive, follow these steps:
1. Select Objects from the Main Menu.
2. Select Physical Drive. A list of physical drives is displayed.
3. Select the disk that displays HOTSP, press the <Enter> key.
4. Select Force Offline and press the <Enter> key. The status of the drive changes to
READY. The drive can be used in another array.
Rebuilding a Drive
The Intel
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Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration utility includes a manual rebuild
option that rebuilds a failed array due to an individual failed drive in a RAID 1 or 10 array.
RAID 0 drives are not redundant and cannot be rebuilt. You can also rebuild a good drive (not
physically failed) using the existing configuration data.
To rebuild a drive:
1. Select Rebuild from the Main Menu. The failed drives show the status FAIL.
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the physical drive that you want to rebuild. Press the
space bar to select the drive.
3. Press the <F10> key and select Y to confirm. As the rebuild process begins, the drive
indicator shows REBLD.
4. When the rebuild is complete, press any key to continue.
Auto Rebuild and Auto Resume
To ensure data protection, enable Auto Rebuild and Auto Resume so that drives are
automatically re-created to maintain redundancy.
• In a pre-boot environment, auto rebuild starts only when you enter the BIOS utility.
Note: Hot-plug support is not available in the pre-boot environment. For the system
BIOS or the Intel
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Embedded Server RAID BIOS Configuration utility to detect
the physical drive, insert the drive when the system is off.
• When the operating system is running, the auto rebuild starts if the system has a hot-
spare drive or if you replace the failed drive with a new drive.
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