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RAID Software User’s Guide 47
Forcing a Drive Online or Offline
You can force a drive offline so that a hot-spare replaces it. Power failures may cause a drive to
go offline and you must force it back online.l To force a drive online or offline, follow these
steps:
1. On the Main Menu, select Objects and then Physical Drive.
2. Highlight a physical drive that is a member of an array and press the <Enter> key.
3. From the menu, choose one of the following:
— Force Offline to take the drive off line. If the drive was online, its status changes to
FAIL.
— Force Online to bring the drive on line. If the drive was offline, its status changes to
ONLINE.
Configuring a Bootable Virtual Drive
Follow these steps to configure a bootable virtual drive:
1. From the Main Menu, select Configure | Select Boot Drive.
2. Select a virtual drive from the list to make it the designated boot drive.
Note: You should also check the system BIOS Setup utility for the boot order setting. To access the BIOS
Setup utility, press the <F2> key when prompted during POST.
Deleting (Clearing) a Storage Configuration
Caution: Before you clear a storage configuration, back up all the data you want to keep.
To clear a storage configuration, follow these steps:
1. On the Main Menu, select Configure | Clear Configuration.
2. When the message appears, select Ye s to confirm. All virtual drives are deleted from the
configuration.
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