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Resetting drives to non-raid status, To reset drives to non-raid status, Adding or replacing a raid drive – Gateway MAN FX510 User Manual

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CHAPTER 3: Setting Up and Getting Started

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4

Press

↑ or ↓ to highlight the RAID volume you want to

delete, then press D

ELETE

. A warning message appears.

5

Type Y to confirm volume deletion.

Resetting drives to non-RAID status

To troubleshoot or repair incompatible RAID configurations,
failed RAID volumes, or failed drives within a RAID volume,
you can reset the drives to non-RAID status until the problems
can be resolved.

To reset drives to non-RAID status:

1

Start (or restart) your computer. During startup, the
RAID option screen appears.

2

While the RAID option screen is open, press C

TRL

+i. The

Matrix Storage Manager opens.

3

Highlight 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID, then press
E

NTER

. The Reset RAID Data menu opens.

4

Press

↑ or ↓ to highlight drives, press the spacebar to

select (mark with a green triangle) each drive you want
to reset, then press E

NTER

. A warning message appears.

5

Type Y to confirm the drive reset.

Adding or replacing a RAID drive

If your computer supports hot swapping (adding or replacing
a drive without turning off the computer), you can replace a
failed RAID drive with a working drive that is the same size
or larger than the other array drives. When you add or replace
a drive in an array, the array begins rebuilding the drive.

To replace a failed RAID drive:

Insert the new drive in the same drive slot as the failed
drive. Your new drive acts as a “hot spare” for the array.

Caution

Never remove an active drive from an array until it is placed in a failed

state or prepared for removal. For more information, see your RAID controller
documentation or the Array Manager User Guide.

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