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7. Hardware RAID Setup
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Mirror Card
Information and the state of HDDs that it is existing in the mirroring composition can be observed by
the “utility(hwRaid)” or “Mirror Card LED”. Regarding this “utility(hwRaid)”, refer to the attached
sheet “VPC-1600/3000 Software utility User’s Manual”.
The state of HDDs that it is existing in the mirroring composition can be observed by the “Mirror Card
LED”. Regarding the Mirror card LED, refer to This Chapter “Internal LED status”.
Operation flow
During hardware RAID operation, the following conditions are possible, with either condition
available.
Figure 7.4 Operation flow
*1 Of two drives, only one is faulty
*2 Both drives are faulty
Anomany
detection
End of rebuilding
Recovery
Faulty
*1
Hot-plug
Cold-plug
Replacement
Cold-plig
Rebuilding
Drive
ditection
Abnormality
Normal
*
2
Faulty
Replacement
End of rebuilding
Restoration failure
Restoration success
System hung
Restoration failure
*
3
*
4
*3 Of two drives, only one is replacement
*4 Both drives are replacement
Anomany
detection
Anomany
detection