Promise Technology FastTrak S150 - Manual (Page 34)

FastTrak S150 TX4 User Manual
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Rebuilding a Mirrored Array
The Rebuild Array (5) Menu option can be used to recover from an error in a
mirrored disk array. You will receive an error message when booting your
system from the FastTrak BIOS.
Important
Drives MUST be replaced if they contain any physical
errors.
Follow these steps before using the Rebuild Array menu option:
1. On bootup, the FastTrak S150 TX4 Startup BIOS will display an error
message identifying which drive has failed.
2. Press Ctrl-F to enter FastBuild Main Menu.
3. Select submenu Define Array (3).
4. Select the failed array and identify the Channel and ID of the failed drive.
5. Power off and physically remove the failed drive.
6. Replace the drive with an identical model.
7. Reboot the system and enter the FastBuild Main Menu.
8. Select the Rebuild Array (5) option. The following screen will appear.
FastBuild (tm) Utility 2.xx (c) 2002-2005 Promise Technology, Inc.
[ Rebuild Array Menu ]
Array No
RAID Mode Total Drv Capacity(MB) Status
Array 1 Stripe 2 160048 Functional
Array 2 Mirror 2 80024 Critical
Array 3 —— —— —— ——
Array 4 —— —— —— ——
[ Keys Available ]
[
↑ ] Up [ ↓ ] Down [ESC] Exit [Enter] Select
9. Highlight the array whose Status is Critical.
10. Press Enter. The following screen will then appear (see next page).