This section describes how to use Adaptec Storage Manager to maintain the disk drives that are part of your storage space.
To Set a Disk Drive to 'Failed':
Before you can remove a disk drive, you should set it to a failed state to protect your data. You can set a disk drive to a failed state if:
The disk drive is not part of a logical device, or
The disk drive is part of a redundant, healthy logical device
You can not set a disk drive to a failed state if doing so will take a logical device offline.
Caution! You may lose data or damage your disk drive if you remove a disk drive without first setting it to a failed state.
To set a disk drive to a failed state:
In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive.
In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Set drive state to failed.
Click Yes to set the drive status to failed.
Remove and replace the disk drive.
If the logical device that the disk drive belongs to is failed, see Recovering from a Disk Drive Failure.
You can initialize any disk drives that are in a Ready state. You may want to initialize a drive to erase all existing data and metadata (including all logical device information).
Caution! Do not initialize a disk drive that is part of a logical device. Initializing a disk drive that’s part of a logical device may make the logical drive unusable. Be sure to back up all data from your disk drive before you initialize it.
To Initialize a Single Disk Drive:
In the Physical Devices view, click the disk drive you want to initialize.
In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Initialize.
Click Yes to initialize the disk drive.
The initialization begins.
To Initialize All Ready Disk Drives on a Controller:
In the Enterprise View, click the controller whose disk drives you want to initialize.
In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Initialize all ready drives.
Click Yes to initialize the disk drives.
The initialization begins.