How to restore IBM's RAID1 and RAID5

Question: How do I restore the RAID1 or RAID5 of the ServeRAID 7T card?

Workaround: RAID1 or RAID5 a hard drive failure, please refer to the following steps to recover the array.

First, press CTRL+M to open the BIOS Configuration tool when the following prompts start up

1, Automatic mode

If a hot spare is available, it is automatically restored

Select Management menu-> objects-> physical Drive to display the repair steps.

When the state of the disk changes to Rebld a[array number]-[drive number], indicates that the failed disk has been replaced by a hot spare.

2. Manual mode (suitable for cases without hot spares)

A: rebuilding A separate disk

1. Select Objects-> physical Drive from the BIOS Configuration Utility Management menu, and the Device Selection window appears, listing all devices connected to the current controller.

2. Press the direction key to select the disk to be rebuilt.

3. Selecting Rebuild from the Action menu and continuing as prompted, it takes a while to complete the repair, depending on the disk capacity size.

4. When finished, press any key to return to the previous level menu.

B: Batch processing mode

1. Select rebuild from the BIOS Configuration Utility Management menu, and the Device Selection window appears, listing all devices connected to the current controller. The status of the failed disk is fail.

2. Press the direction key to select the disk to be rebuilt, press

3. Press SPACEBAR to select the disk to be rebuilt

4. After the disk is selected, press F10 to select Yes. The disk status becomes Rebld, and the repair takes time, depending on the disk capacity size.

5. When finished, press any key to continue

6. Press Display Management Menu >>>