HP NetRAID 1 Controller - Manual (Page 59)

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Individual Formatting: Choose the Format option from Objects on the physical drive action
menu for an disk physical drive.
NOTE A 5-drive RAID 5 array typically takes 620 seconds to initialize 10 GB of logical
capacity, equivalent to 16.5 MB/s (physical capacity to initialize).
Batch Formatting
1. Choose Format from the BIOS Setup management menu. A device selection window displays
the devices connected to the current adapter.
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight all drives. Press the spacebar to select the highlighted
physical drive for formatting. The indicators for selected drives start flashing.
3. When you are done selecting physical drives, press F10 and choose Yes at the confirmation
prompt. The indicators for the selected drives changes to FRMT[number], where number
reflects the order of drive selection. Formatting may take some time, depending on the
number of drives you have selected and the drive capacities.
4. When formatting is complete, press any key to continue. Press Esc to return to the
Management Menu.
Individual Formatting
1. Choose the Objects option from the HP NetRAID Express Tools Management Menu. Choose
the physical drive option from the Objects menu. A device selection window is displayed
showing the devices connected to the current adapter, as shown in the figure below:
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the physical drive to be formatted and press Enter.
3. Choose the Format option from the action menu and respond to the confirmation prompt.
Formatting can take some time, depending on the drive capacity.
4. When formatting is finished, press any key to return to the previous menu.
Rebuilding Failed Disk Drives
If a disk drive fails in an array that is configured as a RAID 1, 3, 5, 10, 30, or 50 logical drive, you
can recover the lost data by rebuilding the drive.
There are two rebuild types:
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Automatic Rebuild: If you have configured hot spares, the adapter automatically tries to use
them to rebuild failed disks. Display the Objects/physical drive screen while a rebuild is in
progress. The drive indicator for the hot spare disk drive has changed to REBLD A [array
number]-[drive number], indicating the disk drive being replaced by the hot spare.
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Manual Rebuild: Manual rebuild is necessary if there are no hot spares with enough
capacity to rebuild the failed drives. Select the HP NetRAID Config Management Menu
Rebuild option or the Rebuild option on the Objects/physical drive menu.
Manual Rebuild – Rebuilding an Individual Drive
1. Choose the Objects option from the HP NetRAID Config Management Menu. Choose
physical drive from the Objects menu. A device selection window is displayed showing the
devices connected to the current adapter.
2. Press the arrow keys to highlight the physical drive to be rebuilt and press Enter.