Specifications

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on page 135. After rebuilding, the drive shows Stale. Run Clear Stale then run Clear PFA.
If the physical drive with a PFA error is a spare, you must delete the drive as a spare, then Clear PFA is
available.
After you clear a PFA error, watch for another PFA error to appear. If it does, replace the physical drive.
forcInG a PhySIcal DrIve offlIne (clu)
ThisfunctionenablesyoutoforceanonlinephysicaldrivetogoOfine.
TheForceOfinefunctionappearsonlyforphysicaldrivesthatareassignedtodiskarrays.
Caution
Forcing a physical drive ofine is likely to cause data loss. Back up your data before
you proceed. Use this function only when required.
Important
Forcingaphysicaldriveofine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ofine:
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Ofine and press Enter.
5. PressYtoconrm.
locatInG a PhySIcal DrIve (clu)
This feature helps you identify a physical drive within the ASUS DS300f G2 enclosure you are working with
through the CLU. To locate a physical drive:
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 Locate Physical Drive and press Enter.
ThedrivecarrierstatusLEDashesforoneminute.
Figure 5 - 5: Drive carrier status LED
DriveStatusLED
Power/ActivityLED