Removing A Drive - Cisco C3124SA Manual

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The fail right-click menu option on a RAID 5 is only visible on the RAID set that houses the spare. When
Caution
a fail is initiated, recovery to a spare is triggered.
A spare cannot be failed. To remove a spare see,
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Removing a Drive

The 'Remove' right-click menu option provides a means to safely remove a drive without causing data
corruption.
While not encouraged, a drive other than a spare from a RAID set may be removed using the Fail menu
Note
option and the procedure described in
To remove a drive, do the following:
Right-click the drive.
Step 1
The right-click menu appears.
Step 2 Choose Remove.
The drive is removed and placed in the Unused Tab. From the Unused Tab do any of the following:
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Caution For drives pulled from the drive slot or failed using the 'Fail' menu, please contact Cisco technical
support before reassigning the drive
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If the RAID set is in a degraded mode, the Fail menu option is not available on any RAID.The
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verification for the fail drive appears. The failed drive will be in a "bad" state.
The 'Remove' right-click menu option provides a means to safely remove a bad drive to the
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unused tab.
Choose Enable or Disable Blink On to enable or disable the Blink On feature.
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A confirmation messages indicates the Blink On/Off status.
Get drive information
Enable/Disable Blink On
Assign drive to a RAID set
Physically remove drive from the array, if necessary.
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Removing a Drive
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