130 Chapter 10 RAID operations
Step Action
1
To load the MegaRAID console, click Start → Programs → Power
Console Plus → Launch Client.
Note: Ensure that Access Mode → Full Access is selected.
2
Click OK.
Result: Result: the MegaRAID Power Console Plus window
appears.
3
Ensure all drives are in ONLINE state (marked GREEN).
4
In the Physical Devices section, right-click the Channel-2 hard disk
drive. Example: Channel-2 (0) A1-2-Onln.
5
Select Tools → Fail Drive from the pop-up menu.
Result: A message appears advising that marking the Online drive
Failed results in changes.
6
Ignore the warning and click OK. The drive status will change to
FAILED and the color of the icon will change to RED. Example:
Channel-2 (0) A1-2-Failed.
Result: The audible alarm should start beeping.
—End—
ATTENTION
The alarm can be silenced, but under no circumstances should it be disabled.
Select Adapter → Alarm Control → Silence Alarm.
At this point, the RAID is split, and the drive marked FAILED is the backup
drive and will no longer be written to. A release upgrade or PEP installation
can now be completed without impact to the →backup’ drive.
Nortel CallPilot
703t Server Maintenance and Diagnostics
NN44200-702 01.03 Standard
5.0 3 April 2007
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