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You can use this action only when the following is true:
v The defunct drive is part of an array.
v There are no critical logical drives in the array.
Attention: When you set a defunct drive to online, there is a high risk of data
loss.
1. In the Physical devices view, click
(defunct physical drive).
2. Right-click Set drive state to online.
3. Click Yes to confirm.
Setting
a drive state to defunct:
Note: This action is not supported on the ServeRAID-8i, ServeRAID-8k/8k-l, and
ServeRAID-7t controllers.
You can use this action only on a physical drive that is part of an array. If a
physical drive is part of an array, you must change the drive state to defunct
before removing the drive from the server or enclosure. Doing so eliminates the
risk of losing data. After you replace the physical drive, you can rebuild the
affected array.
This action is useful in situations such as the following:
v You want to replace a physical drive that is marked with a PFA.
v You want to replace a physical drive that is unwarranted.
v You have an array built with one or more physical drives that are not the same
size. You can replace the smaller physical drives in the array with larger physical
drives so that the array no longer has unusable capacity and an inefficient
configuration.
Attention:
1.
If you do not change an online physical drive state to defunct before removing
the drive from the server or enclosure, you risk losing data or damaging the
physical drive.
2. You cannot use this action on a physical drive undergoing a rebuild operation.
3. (For non-RAID level-x0 logical drives) If you choose to use this action and a
logical drive is:
v In a critical state, the logical drive state will change to offline.
v RAID level-0 and in an okay state, the logical drive will change to offline.
v Not RAID level-0 and in an okay state, the logical drive state will change to
critical.
4.
(For RAID level-x0 logical drives) If you choose to use this action and a logical
drive is in a critical state, the logical drive state might change to offline.
1.
In the Physical devices view, click
(defunct physical drive) or
(physical
drive).
2. Right-click Set drive state to defunct. A confirmation window opens to warn
that this action might corrupt data.
Note: If the logical drive that contains this physical drive is already offline, the
ServeRAID Manager does not display this warning because the data is
already corrupt. Continue to step 4.
140 ServeRAID Manager Installation and User's Guide