Adaptec GDT8546RZ User Guide - Page 184

Remove RAID 1 Component Remove a Mirror Drive, Replace Drive

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ICP RAID Navigator Figure 11-145. Add RAID1 Component 1. To add a RAID 1 component, select a logical drive, the master. All suitable logical drives (with a capacity equal to or larger than the capacity of the master) are shown in a box. 2. Choose the logical drive you want to add, the slave. After confirming, a new RAID 1 array drive is built, for example, all data from the master is copied to the slave drive(s). When this process is finished all logical drives in the RAID 1 array drive are identical (there is no longer a difference between master and slave). 11.5.19 Remove RAID 1 Component (Remove a Mirror Drive) Click the right mouse button on the logical drive icon. Here you can remove a drive from a RAID 1 array drive. If the array drive is in the build or fail state, you may only remove invalid RAID 1 components. To remove a logical drive from a RAID 1 array drive select the logical drive you want to remove. This is done by selecting a logical drive from a box where you see all members of the RAID 1 array drive. After confirmation the logical drive is removed. If the RAID 1 array drive consists of two drives, the RAID 1 array drive disappears and only one logical drive is left. You can create a new RAID 1 array drive by selecting add RAID 1. 11.5.20 Replace Drive Click the right mouse button on the logical drive icon. If a logical drive of an array drive without a hot fix drive should fail (or is very likely to fail), you should replace the defective hard disk with a new one as soon as possible, because the array drive is without redundancy. The replacement logical drive has to have at least the same capacity as the failed one. The replacement is carried out with ICPCON or the ICP RAID Navigator. Before the logical drive can be removed, you must select a new logical drive from the box with available physical drives that is shown after this option is selected. If no physical drive is offered, you have to use the Hot Plug: Replace Drive function to add a new drive. After the confirmation, the old logical drive is removed. Next, the data is rebuilt on the new logical drive. During this process the array is in the rebuild state and therefore not redundant. 184 Software Installation and User's Guide

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ICP RAID Navigator
Figure 11-145. Add RAID1 Component
1.
To add a RAID 1 component, select a logical drive, the master. All suitable logical
drives (with a capacity equal to or larger than the capacity of the master) are shown in
a box.
2.
Choose the logical drive you want to add, the slave. After confirming, a new RAID 1
array drive is built, for example, all data from the master is copied to the slave drive(s).
When this process is finished all logical drives in the RAID 1 array drive are identical
(there is no longer a difference between master and slave).
11.5.19
Remove RAID 1 Component (Remove a Mirror Drive)
Click the right mouse button on the logical drive icon.
Here you can remove a drive from a RAID 1 array drive. If the array drive is in the build
or fail state, you may only remove invalid RAID 1 components.
To remove a logical drive from a RAID 1 array drive select the logical drive you want to
remove. This is done by selecting a logical drive from a box where you see all members of
the RAID 1 array drive. After confirmation the logical drive is removed. If the RAID 1
array drive consists of two drives, the RAID 1 array drive disappears and only one logical
drive is left. You can create a new RAID 1 array drive by selecting add RAID 1.
11.5.20
Replace Drive
Click the right mouse button on the logical drive icon.
If a logical drive of an array drive without a hot fix drive should fail (or is very likely to
fail), you should replace the defective hard disk with a new one as soon as possible,
because the array drive is without redundancy. The replacement logical drive has to have
at least the same capacity as the failed one. The replacement is carried out with ICPCON
or the ICP RAID Navigator. Before the logical drive can be removed, you must select a
new logical drive from the box with available physical drives that is shown after this
option is selected. If no physical drive is offered, you have to use the Hot Plug: Replace
Drive function to add a new drive. After the confirmation, the old logical drive is
removed. Next, the data is rebuilt on the new logical drive. During this process the array is
in the rebuild state and therefore not redundant.