Asus DS300 G2 Series, User Manual

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This feature applies only to physical drives assigned to disk arrays.
Caution
Forcing a physical drive offline is likely to cause data loss. Back up your data be -
fore you proceed. Use this function only when required.
Important
Forcing a physical drive offline causes your logical drives to become degraded. If Auto
Rebuild is enabled and a spare drive is available, the disk array begins rebuilding itself
automatically.
To force a physical drive offline:
1. Click the
Device
tab.
2. Click the
Physical Drive
icon.
3. Click the
down arrow
button to list the physical drives in the enclosure.
4. Mouse over the physical drive you want to force offline.
5. Click the
Force Offline
button.
6. In the
Confirmation
box, type the word “
confirm
” in the field provided and click the
Confirm
button.
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This procedure is used to clear configuration data on a physical drive; or if the physical drive is stale or the has
errors putting it in PFA status.
Stale
– The physical drive contains obsolete disk array information.
PFA
– The physical drive has errors resulting in a prediction of failure.
Be sure you have corrected the condition by a physical drive replacement, rebuild operation, etc., first. Then
clear the condition.
To clear a
Stale
or a
PFA
condition:
1. Click the
Device
tab.
2. Click the
Physical Drive
icon.
3. Click the physical drive you want, then click the
Clear
button.
If the physical drive has both a Stale condition and a PFA condition, the first click removes the Stale
condition. Click the
Clear
button a second time to remove the PFA condition.
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This feature applies only to ASUS Storage-supported physical drives. For a list of supported drives, go to
http://www.ASUS Storage.com/support/.
Then see "Updating Physical Drive Firmware" on page <?>.
If you have physical drives in your RAID system that are not ASUS Storage-supported, follow the firmware
update procedure from the drive manufacturer.