Physical disk-related errors, The physical disk fails – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S110 User Manual
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At the PERC BIOS Configuration Utility, select View Virtual Disk
Details
and press
designated as the global hot spare has a status of Failed.
• Check to see if the physical disk is malfunctioning or is physically
disconnected.
• Select another physical disk as the global hot spare.
The physical disk assigned as the global hot spare is missing
• Check to see if the physical disk was removed from the backplane or cable
connection, or whether the cables from the controller to the physical disk
are disconnected or faulty.
• Perform a rescan to verify that the physical disk is still missing.
Physical Disk-Related Errors
The Physical Disk Fails
A physical disk is not visible in the PERC BIOS Configuration Utility or is
offline
• Check that the cables are properly connected.
• Check that the physical disk is installed properly in the system’s backplane.
• Check the system’s backplane for damage.
• Reinstall the physical disk and make sure that it is seated correctly in the
system’s backplane.
• Check if the Physical Disk might be a SAS drive.
• Perform a
Rescan, to (a) update the status of storage devices attached to
the controller, or (b) fix an error caused by deleting or initializing a virtual
disk.
• A physical disk is highlighted red at the PERC BIOS Configuration Utility.
• Replace the physical disk. Depending on the RAID level of the virtual disk,
data might be lost.
• Perform a rescan to confirm that the new disk was discovered.
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