Mylex Disk Array controller Software Kit 2.01, Installation Manual And User'S Manual

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4. Press Enter to start the rebuild process. A low-level format is also
performed during the process if the Format option was selected. In
either case, a window is displayed to show the rebuild progress. The
server continues to run during the rebuild process. However, its
performance may degrade to some extent until the rebuild is finished.
During the rebuild, each one of the system drives that is dependent on
the replaced SCSI disk will be rebuilt one by one.
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Note
Four outcomes are possible from a Rebuild:
a. Rebuild completed successfully. All dependent
system drives are Online.
b. Some bad blocks were encountered on the source
drives. Rebuild aborts. The blocks are logged in a
file. All dependent system drives remain Critical.
c. The replacement drive failed during rebuild.
Rebuild aborts. All dependent system drives
remain Critical.
d. One of the other disks in the drive group failed
during rebuild. All dependent system drives are
Offline.
Format Drive
This selection allows a low-level format to be performed on a selected SCSI
drive.
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WARNING
Formatting a drive will result in loss of data on
that drive. Make sure that the correct drives are
selected before starting the Format drives
function.