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Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe
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4. Mouse over the physical drive you want to force offline.
5. Click the Force Offline button.
6. In the Confirmation box, type the word “confirm” in the field provided and
click the Confirm button.
Clearing a Stale or a PFA Condition
Stale – The physical drive contains obsolete disk array information.
PFA – The physical drive has errors resulting in a prediction of failure.
Be sure you have corrected the condition by a physical drive replacement, rebuild
operation, etc., first. Then clear the condition.
To clear a Stale or a PFA condition:
1. Click the Device tab.
2. Click the Physical Drive icon.
3. Click the physical drive you want, then click the Clear PFA/Stale button.
If the physical drive has both a Stale condition and a PFA condition, the first
click removes the Stale condition. Click the Clear PFA/Stale button a second
time to remove the PFA condition.
Updating Firmware on a Physical Drive
This feature applies only to PROMISE-supported physical drives. For a list of
supported drives, go to http://www.promise.com/support/.
Then see “Updating Physical Drive Firmware” on page 321.
If you have physical drives in your RAID system that are not PROMISE-
supported, follow the firmware update procedure from the drive manufacturer.