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Pegasus R4i
Physical Drive Problems
Physical drive troubleshooting includes:
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“Diagnosis using the Pegasus Utility”
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Physical drives are the foundation of data storage. A physical drive problem can affect your entire RAID
system.
Diagnosis using the Pegasus Utility
In the Pegasus Utility, when a yellow !
icon or a red X
icon appears beside a physical drive,
check the drive’s operational status:
1. Click the
Physical Drive
icon.
2. Mouse-over and click the physical drive you want then click the
View
button.
Look under Operational Status for the condition of the physical drive.
• Offline
– Check the drive for:
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PFA Condition
– Caused by a bad block or sector. See Note 1 below.
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Stale Condition
– Caused by obsolete array information on the physical drive. See Note 2
below.
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Drive Failed or Dead
– The physical drive cannot be repaired. You must replace the failed
drive.
Note 1:
Clear the error condition. Then the physical drive is available. See “Clearing a Stale or a PFA
Note 2:
Identify the disk array to which the physical drive belongs. Then delete the disk array. If the
error condition remains on the physical drive, clear the error condition.