Users Guide

SAS Controller ..........................................................................................................................................................132
Migrating SAS Virtual Disks To Another System........................................................................................................ 132
17 Protecting Your Virtual Disk With A Hot Spare.......................................................................................... 133
Understanding Hot Spares............................................................................................................................................ 133
Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy............................................................................................................................ 133
Dedicated Hot Spare Protection Policy................................................................................................................. 133
Global Hot Spare Protection Policy........................................................................................................................ 134
Considerations For Hot Spare Protection Policy.................................................................................................. 134
Considerations For Enclosure Anity.................................................................................................................... 134
18 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................................ 135
Common Troubleshooting Procedures.........................................................................................................................135
Cables Attached Correctly...................................................................................................................................... 135
System Requirements..............................................................................................................................................135
Drivers And Firmware.............................................................................................................................................. 135
Isolate Hardware Problems......................................................................................................................................136
Replacing A Failed Disk............................................................................................................................................136
Using The Physical Disk Online Command On Select Controllers......................................................................137
Recovering From Removing The Wrong Physical Disk........................................................................................ 137
Resolving Microsoft Windows Upgrade Problems............................................................................................... 138
Virtual Disk Troubleshooting..........................................................................................................................................138
A Rebuild Does Not Work........................................................................................................................................138
A Rebuild Completes With Errors........................................................................................................................... 138
Cannot Create A Virtual Disk.................................................................................................................................. 139
A Virtual Disk Of Minimum Size Is Not Visible To Windows Disk Management................................................139
Virtual Disk Errors On Systems Running Linux..................................................................................................... 139
Problems Associated With Using The Same Physical Disks For Both Redundant And Non-Redundant
Virtual Disks...............................................................................................................................................................140
Specic Problem Situations And Solutions................................................................................................................. 140
Physical Disk Is Oine Or Displays An Error Status.............................................................................................140
Receive A Bad Block Alert With Replacement, Sense, Or Medium Error......................................................... 140
Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received During A Rebuild Or While A Virtual Disk Is Degraded........................... 141
Alerts 2146 Through 2150 Received While Performing IO, Consistency Check, Format, Or Other
Operation....................................................................................................................................................................141
Read And Write Operations Experience Problems................................................................................................141
A Task Menu Option Is Not Displayed.....................................................................................................................141
A Corrupt Disk Or Drive Message Suggests Running Autocheck During A Reboot........................................ 142
Erroneous Status And Error Messages After A Windows Hibernation..............................................................142
Storage Management May Delay Before Updating Temperature Probe Status...............................................142
Storage Management May Delay Displaying Storage Devices After Reboot....................................................142
You Are Unable To Log Into A Remote System.....................................................................................................142
Cannot Connect To Remote System Running Microsoft Windows Server 2003............................................ 142
Reconguring A Virtual Disk Displays Error In Mozilla Browser..........................................................................143
Physical Disks Are Displayed Under The Connector Object Instead Of The Enclosure Object......................143
PCIe SSD Troubleshooting............................................................................................................................................ 143
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