User`s guide

Chapter 5
Failing a Drive
A drive can fail due to errors on the device or because you manually failed it. If the
utility records errors on a drive in your array, you may want to manually fail and then
replace the drive before a permanent failure occurs.
To fail a drive, proceed as follows.
Step
Action
Result
1
Select the Tools option from the
main menu.
The system displays the Tools menu
as shown in Figure 5-7.
2
Select the Kill Drive option.
The system displays the drive
matrix. The drives you can fail are
highlighted. The drives you cannot
select are grayed out (drives with a
status of RDY (ready) or FLD
(failed) cannot be selected.
3
Use the arrow keys to select the
drive you want to fail and press the
Return key.
The system displays a message
similar to this:
Killing an OPTIMAL
drive will change
its state to FAILED
and will stop reads
and writes to that
drive. This could
change the state of
the logical drive.
The system displays this message
while the utility fails the drive.
Press any key to
continue
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