2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectDeleteRAIDVolumeandpressEnter.
3.UsethearrowkeystoselecttheRAIDvolumetobedeletedandpressDelete.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmthedeletionoftheselectedRAIDvolume.DeletingaRAIDvolume
willresettheharddiskdrivestonon-RAID.
5.AfterdeletingaRAIDvolume,youcan:
•Returntostep2todeleteadditionalRAIDvolumes.
•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage50
forRAIDvolumecreation.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
Resettingdiskstonon-RAID
ThissectiondescribeshowtoresetyourHDDstonon-RAID.
ToresetyourHDDstonon-RAID,dothefollowing:
1.PressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnologyenterpriseoptionROM
configurationutilityduringsystemstartup.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectResetDiskstoNon-RAIDandpressEnter.
3.Usethearrowkeysandthespacekeytomarkindividualphysicalharddiskdrivestobereset,andthen
pressEntertocompletetheselection.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmtheresetaction.
5.AfterresettingtheHDDstonon-RAID,youcan:
•See“DeletingRAIDvolumes”onpage50forRAIDvolumedeletion.
•See“CreatingRAIDvolumes”onpage50forRAIDvolumecreation.
•UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectExitandpressEnter.
Markingdisksasspare
Tomarkharddiskdrivesassparedrives,dothefollowing:
1.Duringthesystemstartup,pressCtrl+IwhenpromptedtoentertheIntelRapidStorageTechnology
enterpriseoptionROMconfigurationutility.
2.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystoselectMarkDisksasSpareandpressEnter.
3.Usethearrowkeystolocateaharddiskdriveandpressthespacekeytoselectordeselecttheharddisk
drive.Youcanselectmultipleharddiskdrivesifrequired.Then,pressEntertocompletetheselection.
4.Whenprompted,pressYtoconfirmtheoperation.
Note:Markingaharddiskdriveasasparedrivewillremovealldataonthedrive.
5.Whenfinished,selectExitandpressEnter.
Notes:IfyourserverhasoneofthefollowingLinuxoperatingsystemsinstalled,continuewiththe
correspondingactions:
•FortheRedhatEnterpriseLinux6andRedhatEnterpriseLinux7operatingsystems,addthefollowingline
totheendofthe/etc/mdadm.conffileandrestarttheoperatingsystem.
POLICYdomain=DOMAINpath=*metadata=imsmaction=spare-same-slot
•FortheSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer11andSUSELinuxEnterpriseServer12operatingsystems,
dothefollowing:
1.Addthefollowinglinetotheendofthe/etc/mdadm.conffile.
POLICYdomain=DOMAINpath=*metadata=imsmaction=spare-same-slot
2.Runthefollowingcommandsasarootuser.
#chkcong–smdadmdon
#/etc/init.d/mdadmdstart
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