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Bay/Array Selection List



Bay/Array Selection List

The status of the drives in the Bay/Array selection list is defined as follows:
Status    Meaning
  
CDR    CD-ROM drive installed.
  
DDD    Defunct. The drive is an online or hot-spare
     drive that does not respond to commands.
     If a RDY drive is defunct or powered down,
     it shows as an empty bay (a blank status),
     not a DDD status.
  
FMT    Format. The drive is being reformatted.
  
HSP    Hot spare. The drive will replace a similar drive that
     becomes defunct in real time.
     At that time, its status changes to ONL, and its array
     association is displayed.
  
OFL    Offline. The drive is a good drive that has replaced a
     defunct drive in a RAID level 1 or level 5 array.
     It is associated with an array, but does not contain
     any valid data.
     The drive state remains OFL during the rebuild phase.
  
ONL    Online. The drive is part of an array.
     If this drive fails, logical drives defined in the array
     in which this drive is grouped will have a status of Offline
     (if the logical drive is assigned RAID level 0 with a
     good status) or Critical (if the logical drive is
     assigned RAID level 1 or level 5 with a good status).
  
RDY    Ready. The drive is recognized by the adapter and is
     available for definition.
  
TAP    Tape drive installed.
  
UFM    Unformatted. The drive requires a low-level
     format before it can be used in an array.
  
Blank Status    Any of the following circumstances
     can cause the area to be blank
      ° No hard disk drive is installed in that bay
      ° The bay contains a hard disk drive, but the
      drive is not inserted correctly.
      ° An array was deleted and a defective drive is
      still in the bay.
      ° A new drive was installed and the configuration
      program has not been restarted. (The status will
      change to RDY when the RAID configuration
      program is restarted).


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