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ThisstatusindicatesthatmorethanoneharddiskdriveintheRAIDarraycannotbesynchronizedorhave
failed.Youneedtoreplacethefailingharddiskdrivesandrebuildthedata.See“Installingorreplacinga
hot-swapharddiskdrive”onpage122and“Rebuildingaphysicaldrive”onpage62.
•Ofine
ThisstatusindicatesthattheRAIDarrayhasfailedandcannotberebuilt.YouneedtocreateanewRAID
array.See“Creating,adding,ordeletingaRAIDarray”onpage60.
StartingtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram
ThistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.
TostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,dothefollowing:
1.Turnontheserver.
2.DuringthePOST,whenyouseethemessage“PressCtrl-MorEntertorunLSISoftwareRAIDSetup
Utility,”immediatelypressCtrl+MtostarttheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram.
LSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprograminterface
ThistopicprovidesinformationaboutthemenusanditemsintheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtility
program.Dependingontheversionoftheprogram,somemenuoriteminformationmightdifferslightlyfrom
theinformationinthistopic.
WhenworkingwiththeLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youmustusethekeyboard.
Thekeysusedtoperformvarioustasksaredisplayedonthebottomofeachscreen.Useupanddown
arrowkeystonavigatebetweenitems.Formostitems,thecorrespondinghelpmessageisdisplayed
onthebottomofthescreenwhentheitemisselected.Iftheitemhassubmenus,youcandisplaythe
submenusbypressingEnter.
AfterenteringtheLSISoftwareRAIDCongurationUtilityprogram,youcanseetheManagementMenuon
thescreen.TheManagementMenucontainsthefollowingmenuitems:
•Congure
ThismenucontainsitemstohelpyoucreateaRAIDarray,viewthecurrentRAIDconguration,addanew
RAIDarray,deleteanexistingRAIDarray,andselectabootvirtualdrive.
•Initialize
Thismenuhelpsyouinitializevirtualdrives.
Note:Initializingavirtualdriveerasesalldataonthevirtualdrive.Backupanydatayouwanttokeepand
ensurethattheoperatingsystemisnotinstalledonthevirtualdrivebeforetheinitialization.
•Objects
ThismenuhelpsyoucongureparametersfortheRAIDcontroller,thevirtualdrives,andthephysical
drives.
•Rebuild
ThismenuhelpsyourebuildaphysicaldriveinaRAIDarrayintheeventofaphysicaldrivefailure.
Youcanchoosetorebuildthedataonthefailingdriveifthedriveisstilloperational.Ifthedriveisnot
operational,itmustbereplacedandthedataonthefailingdrivemustberebuiltonanewdrivetorestore
thesystemtofaulttolerance.
•CheckConsistency
Thismenuhelpsyoudoconsistencycheckforthevirtualdrives.Theconsistencycheckveriesthe
correctnessofthedataonvirtualdrivesthatuseRAID1,5,and10.
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