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Vess R2000 Series Product Manual Promise Technologies
CleariNg a stale or a pFa CoNditioN
Thisprocedureisusedtoclearcongurationdataonaphysicaldrive;orifthephysicaldriveisstaleorthehas
errors putting it in PFA status.
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.,rst.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 button.
IfthephysicaldrivehasbothaStaleconditionandaPFAcondition,therstclickremovestheStale
condition. Click the Clear 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/.
IfyouhavephysicaldrivesinyourRAIDsystemthatarenotPROMISE-supported,followthermwareupdate
procedure from the drive manufacturer.