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Cr3500 raid array scsi controller, Mass storage raid array, Raid array status – HP ProLiant DL380 G5 Server User Manual

Page 84: Drive information, Physical drives, Logical drives, Spare drives, Mass storage physical, Physical drive status

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Mass storage RAID Array

This section displays RAID array information. Five banners appear in this section.

RAID array status

Status—Displays the status of the RAID array. The following conditions are valid:

Good—The RAID array is fully operational.

Reduced—The RAID array is operating in a degraded or reduced state. One or more of the physical drives

that make up the RAID array are either missing or failed. However, the RAID array can continue to operate

without data loss.

Failed—The RAID array is not operational.

Reconstructing—The RAID array is regenerating the data from a failed physical drive onto a replacement

drive that is part of the RAID array. All user data remains available during the reconstruction process, but

some performance reduction might occur when a request requires access to the device being reconstructed.

Initialization—The controller is writing its file structure onto the member devices of a RAID array.

RAID Level—Displays the RAID level and a brief description of the selected RAID array.

Drive information

Capacity—Displays the total capacity of the RAID array in megabytes

Physical drives

Physical Drive Channel—Displays the channel number, also referred to as the “port”
Physical Drive SCSI ID—Displays the SCSI ID number

Logical drives

Logical Drives—Lists the logical drives

Spare drives

Controller—Displays the controller name.
Spare Status—Displays the status of the online spare drive. The following conditions are valid:

Hot Spare—The drive attached to this channel is kept spinning whenever the controller is powered up. It is to be

automatically brought online to replace a failed drive.

Warm Spare—The drive attached to this channel is not spun up until a disk in the array fails. It is to be

automatically brought online to replace a failed drive.

Adding Spare—The drive is in the process of becoming a spare drive.

Mass Storage Physical

This section displays physical drives attached to the CR3500 RAID controller. Three banners appear in this section.

Physical Drive status

The following conditions are valid:

On Line—The drive attached to this channel is a fully-functional member of this RAID set.

Off Line—The drive attached to this channel is not a member of the RAID set.

Hot Spare—The drive attached to this channel is kept spinning whenever the controller is powered up. It is to be

automatically brought online to replace a failed drive.

Warm Spare—The drive attached to this channel is not spun up until a disk in the array fails. It is to be

automatically brought online to replace a failed drive.

Creating—The drive is currently being created as part of a RAID set.

Rebuilding—The drive is currently being rebuilt.

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