Serial ATA/IDE RAID
Appendix
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Rebuilding A Mirrored Array
The Rebuild Array [
5
] Menu option is necessary to recover from an error in a
mirrored disk array. You will receive an error message when booting your
system from the FastTrak BIOS.
NOTE
:
Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical errors.
Follow these steps BEFORE using the Rebuild Array menu option:
1. On boot-up, the FastTrak 376 Startup BIOS will display an error message
identifying which drive has failed.
2. Press
[
Ctrl-F
] keys to enter FastBuild Main Menu.
3. Select submenu Define Array [
3
].
4. Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the failed drive.
5. Power off and physically remove the failed drive.
6. Replace the drive with an identical model.
7. Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu.
8. Select the [
5
] Rebuild Array option. The following screen will appear.
FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.
Array No RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity(MB) Status
Array 1 Mirror 2
16126 Critical
Array 2 —— —— —— ——
Array 3 —— —— —— ——
Array 4 —— —— —— ——
[
↑
] Up [
↓
] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select
9. Highlight the array whose Status is [
Critical
]
10. Press [
Enter
]. The following screen will then appear (see next page).
[ Rebuild Array Menu ]
[ Keys Available ]
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Appendix
FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.
Array No RAID Mode
Total Drv
Status
Array 2 Mirror 2
Critical
Stripe Block: Not Available
Channel:ID Drive Model
Capacity (MB)
1 : Slave
QUANTUMCR8.4A
8063
[
↑
] Up [
↓
] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select
11. Under [
Select Drive for Rebuild
], highlight the replacement drive.
12. Press [
Enter
] and confirm that the data will be copied on to the selected
drive. All data on the replacement drive will be written over with mirrored
information from the array drive. A progress bar will appear as below.
Please Wait While Duplicating The Image
10% Complete
13. Once the rebuild process is complete, the user will be asked to reboot the
system.
[ Rebuild Array Menu ]
[ Select Drive for Rebuild ]
[ Keys Available ]
