PlatinumRAID Owner’s Manual
2.2 Delete Existing RAID Set
Once this option is selected, scroll to select the RAID set number to delete and press
ENT
.
A Confirmation screen appears, and press
ENT
to delete the existing RAID set. A second
confirmation screen will appear, and choose “Yes” to complete the deletion.
2.3 Expand Existing RAID Set
Instead of deleting a RAID set and recreating it with additional
disk drives, the Expand existing RAID Set function allows the
user to add disk drives to the RAID set that already exists.
To expand an existing RAID set, scroll to choose the
“Expand
Existed RAID Set”
option. Scroll to select the RAID set number
to be expanded and then press
ENT
. If there is an available
disk, then the Select Drive IDE Channel x appears. Scroll to
select the target disk and then press
ENT
to select it. Press
ENT
to start the expansion process.
The new added capacity will be available for new volume sets. To define one or more volume
sets, follow the instruction presented in the Volume Set Function to create the volume sets.
When RAID migration is in progress, migration status is displayed in the RAID and volume
status areas of the RAID Set information.
IMPORTANT: Once the Expand RAID Set process has started it cannot be stopped. The process must
complete before any other RAID functions will be available.
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2.4 Activate RAID set
Following a drive failure, the affected RAIDset
will operate in degraded mode, and will
continue to function until the unit is reset.
Following a reset, in order for a degraded
RAIDset to be available to the host it must be
activated. Select
“Activate RAID Set”
option.
Scroll to select the RAID set number to be
activated and then press
ENT
.
2.5 Create Hot Spare Disk
For detailed step by step instructions, Please
reference
Chapter 4, Section 4- “ Designating
Drives as Hot Spares.”
2.6 Delete Hot Spare Disk
To delete hot spare, choose the
“Delete Hot
Spare Disk”
option. Select the hot spare to
delete and then press
ENT
to select it. The
confirmation screen appears, and press
ENT
to delete the hot spare.
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Note:
If a disk drive fails during
RAID set expansion and
a hot spare is available, an auto
rebuild operation will occur after
the RAID set expansion completes.
ACTIVATING AN INCOMPLETE RAIDSET
When one of the disk drives is removed and the RAID rebooted, the RAID set state will change to
Incomplete and will not be available at first boot. To force the RAIDset to be available, use the
Activate RAIDSet (.) option. The RAIDset will become available in degraded state.
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