MSI Z370 SLI PLUS User Manual - Page 86

Degraded RAID Array, Recovery Volume Options, Missing Hard Drive Member

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Important y You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you perform this operation. y Possible reasons to Reset Disks to Non-RAID could include issues such as incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk. Recovery Volume Options Select option Recovery Volume Options from the main menu screen and press Enter to change recovery volume mode. The following screen appears: [ RECOVERY VOLUME OPTIONS ] 1. Enable Only Recovery Disk 2. Enable Only Master Disk [ HELP ] Enable Only Recovery Disk - enables recovery disk if available and disables master disk. Enable Only Master Disk - enables master disk if available and disables recovery disk. Actions will result in change from Continuous Update mode to On-Request. [ ↑↓] - select [ESC] - Previous Menu [ENTER] - Select Recovery mode will change from Continuous Update to On-Request after you enable Only Recovery Disk or Only Master Disk. Degraded RAID Array A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of its hard drive members fails or is temporarily disconnected, and data mirroring is lost. As a result, the system can only utilize the remaining functional hard drive member. To re-establish data mirroring and restore data redundancy, refer to the procedure below that corresponds to the current situation. RAID Volumes ID Name 0 Volume0 Level Strip Size Status Bootable RAID 1(Mirror) N/A XXX.XGB Degraded Yes Physical Disks: Port Device Model 1 XXXXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXXXX Serial # XXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX Size XXX.XGB XXX.XGB Type/Status(Vol ID) Member Disk (0) Member Disk (0) Press to enter Configuration Utility.. Missing Hard Drive Member 1. Power off. 86 RAID Configuration

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RAID Configuration
Important
y
You will lose all data on the RAID drives and any internal RAID structures when you
perform this operation.
y
Possible reasons to
Reset Disks to Non-RAID
could include issues such as
incompatible RAID configurations or a failed volume or failed disk.
Recovery Volume Options
Select option
Recovery Volume Options
from the main menu screen and press
Enter
to change recovery volume mode. The following screen appears:
[
]
RECOVERY VOLUME OPTIONS
[
]
HELP
Enable
Only
Recovery
Disk - enables
recovery
disk
if
available
and
disables
master
disk.
Enable
Only
Master
Disk - enables
master
disk
if
available
and
disables
recovery
disk.
Actions
will
result
in
change
from
Continuous
Update
mode
to
On-Request.
[ ↑↓] - select
[ESC] - Previous Menu
[ENTER] - Select
1.
Enable
Only
Recovery
Disk
2.
Enable
Only
Master
Disk
Recovery mode will change from Continuous Update to On-Request after you enable
Only Recovery Disk
or
Only Master Disk
.
Degraded RAID Array
A RAID 1, RAID 5 or RAID 10 volume is reported as degraded when one of its hard
drive members fails or is temporarily disconnected, and data mirroring is lost. As a
result, the system can only utilize the remaining functional hard drive member. To
re-establish data mirroring and restore data redundancy, refer to the procedure below
that corresponds to the current situation.
RAID Volumes
ID
Name
Level
Strip
Size
Status
Bootable
0
Volume0
RAID 1(Mirror)
N/A
XXX.XGB
Degraded
Yes
Physical Disks:
Port
Device Model
Serial #
Size
Type/Status(Vol ID)
1
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXX.XGB
Member
Disk (0)
2
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXX.XGB
Member
Disk (0)
Press
<CTRL-I>
to enter Configuration Utility..
Missing Hard Drive Member
1.
Power off.