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This function enables you to force an online physical drive to go Offline.
The Force Offline function appears only for physical drives that are assigned to disk arrays.
Caution
Forcing a physical drive offline is likely to cause data loss. Back up your data before
you proceed. Use this function only when required.
Important
Forcing a physical drive offline causes your logical drives to become degraded. If Auto
Rebuild is enabled and a spare drive is available, the disk array begins rebuilding itself
automatically.
To force a physical drive offline:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight
Physical Drive Management
and press
Enter
.
2. Highlight
Global Physical Drives Settings
and press
Enter
.
3. Highlight the physical drive you want and press
Enter
.
4. Highlight
Force Offline
and press
Enter
.
5.
Press Y to confirm.