Dell 341-7212 User Guide - Page 5

Maintaining and Managing, Storage Configurations, Troubleshooting

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Monitoring Disk Drives 34 Running a Patrol Read 34 Monitoring Virtual Disks 35 Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes 36 6 Maintaining and Managing Storage Configurations 37 Initializing Virtual Disks 37 Running a Consistency Check 37 Scheduling a Consistency Check 38 Scanning for New Drives 38 Scanning for Foreign Configurations 39 Clearing a Foreign Configuration 39 Rebuilding a Drive 39 Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell SAS 5/iR System or on a Dell SAS 6/iR System 40 Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell PERC 5/i System or on a Dell PERC 6/i System 40 Making a Drive Offline or Missing 41 Preserving Pinned Cache 42 Upgrading the Firmware 42 7 Troubleshooting 45 Pinned Cache State 45 Windows Installation Error Messages 45 Linux Installation Error Messages 46 Other Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Messages 46 Contents 5

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Contents
5
Monitoring Disk Drives
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34
Running a Patrol Read
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34
Monitoring Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
35
Monitoring Rebuilds and Other Processes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
36
6
Maintaining and Managing
Storage Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Initializing Virtual Disks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Running a Consistency Check
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
37
Scheduling a Consistency Check
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38
Scanning for New Drives
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38
Scanning for Foreign Configurations
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39
Clearing a Foreign Configuration
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39
Rebuilding a Drive
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39
Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell SAS 5/iR System or
on a Dell SAS 6/iR System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Rebuilding a Drive on a Dell PERC 5/i System or
on a Dell PERC 6/i System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
40
Making a Drive Offline or Missing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Preserving Pinned Cache
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Upgrading the Firmware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
7
Troubleshooting
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45
Pinned Cache State
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45
Windows Installation Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Linux Installation Error Messages
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Other Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager Messages
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46