User manual
Table Of Contents
- RAIDXpert User Manual
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Chapter 3: Setup
- Chapter 4: RAIDXpert User Interface
- Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing
- Logging into RAIDXpert
- Choosing a Language
- Logging out of RAIDXpert
- User Management
- Host Management
- Utility Configuration
- Controller
- Physical Drives
- Logical Drives
- Viewing Logical Drives
- Creating a Logical Drive
- Deleting a Logical Drive
- Viewing Logical Drive Information
- Making Logical Drive Settings
- Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive
- Migrating a Logical Drive
- Rebuilding a Logical Drive
- Synchronizing All Logical Drives
- Synchronizing One Logical Drive
- Initializing a Logical Drive
- Logical Drive Activation
- Managing a Critical or Offline Logical Drive
- Spare Drives
- Chapter 6: Technology Background
- Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions
- Appendix B: Partition and Format

Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing
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one physical drive, disappears from the interface if the physical drive is removed
or fails. Since these logical drives are not fault tolerant, the data stored in the
logical drive is no longer accessible.
If one physical drive fails, all of the data on the logical drive is lost. You must
replace the failed drive. Then, if the logical drive had more than one physical
drive, delete the logical drive, and re-create it. Restore the data from a backup
source.
If you created a backup drive for your RAID Ready logical drive, the use the
backup drive to restore the data. See “Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive”
on page 68.
When a Physical Drive Fails
The following will occur when a physical drive fails or goes offline:
• The Controller’s audible alarm, if enabled, will sound. See page 49.
• RAIDXpert reports the condition in Tree View, with popup messages and, if
Event Notification is set up, email messages. See page 36.
• If you have a RAID 1 or 5 logical drive with a hot spare drive properly
configured, the logical drive will automatically rebuild itself using the spare
drive. See pages 49 and 89.
In the example above, amber ! icons appear over the Logical Drive View
and Logical Drive icons. Click Logical Drive View or the Logical Drive to
verify the condition of the logical drive.