User Guide

AMD-RAIDXpert2 User Guide
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Troubleshooting
Chapter 7
 Table 36. Cannot Create a Global Spare, on page 92
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 Table 37. Recreate a Deleted Array, on page 92
Table 32. Cannot Create an Array
Possible Causes
Additional Information
Corrective Actions
The disk is not displayed.
The controller cannot communicate
with the disks.
See Section 7.5.1, Troubleshooting
Disks, on page 93.
Insufficient free space
available on the selected
disks
Select a different combination of
disks.
Incorrect number of disks
selected for the desired
RAID level
See 3.2, RAID Levels, on page 24,
for a description of RAID levels and
the allowable number of disks used
with each RAID level.
Select the correct number of disks.
The desired disk is
unavailable.
The disk is a dedicated spare for a
different array.
The disk is full.
The disk’s available capacity is
insufficient.
Select a different disk.
The disk has SMART
errors.
An array can be created with a disk
that has SMART errors, but only if
the array is created in the BIOS
Configuration Utility.
RAIDXpert2 cannot be used to
create an array with a disk that has
SMART errors.
Use the BIOS Configuration Utility to
create the array.
The system already has a
maximum of eight arrays
Delete unused arrays.
CAUTION: Deleting an array
permanently destroys all data that is
on the array. This action cannot be
undone and it is very unlikely the data
can be recovered.