IBM 86605SU Maintenance Manual - Page 134
Clearing the Device Event Log, Replacing a Faulty Drive, Rebuild/Device Management, Enter.
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Clearing the Device Event Log: The Device Event Log, located in the ServeRAID controller, collects statistics on the number and type of events that occur on all of the hard disk drives attached to the ServeRAID controller. After you correct a disk-array problem, you might want to clear the Device Event Log so that you can quickly identify any subsequent errors. To clear the Device Event Log: 1. Start the ServeRAID Configuration program (see "Starting the ServeRAID Configuration Program" on page 77). 2. Select Rebuild/Device Management from the Main Menu; then, press Enter. 3. Select Erase Device Event Log from the next menu; then, press Enter to clear the log. Replacing a Faulty Drive: To avoid the loss of critical data, it is important that you replace and rebuild a defunct (DDD) drive promptly. The results of hard disk drive failures depend on the configuration of your disk arrays and the number of drives that fail. Before you remove or replace a DDD drive, review the following examples. Example 1. One hard disk drive becomes defunct, but a hot-spare (HSP) drive of the same size exists. If the failing drive is part of a redundant (RAID level 1 or RAID level 5) logical drive, the hot-spare drive takes over immediately. RAID level 1 and RAID level 5 logical drives within the array change to the critical (CRT) state and remain in the CRT state until the rebuild process completes. The RAID level 0 logical drives within the array change to the offline (OFL) state. All data in the RAID level 0 logical drives within the array is lost. Example 2. One hard disk drive becomes defunct, and an appropriate hot-spare (HSP) drive is not available. The RAID level 1 and RAID level 5 logical drives change to the CRT state and remain in the CRT state until the rebuild process completes. Data is not lost from logical drives in the CRT state, but you must replace the DDD hard disk drive promptly to avoid the loss of data. (If two drives within the same array become DDD, all data within the array is lost.) The RAID level 0 logical drives change to the OFL state. All data in the RAID level 0 logical drives within the array is lost. Netfinity 5500 - Type 8660 129