Drive States A drive state is a property that indicates the status of the drive. The following table describes the drive states. Table 5. Drive States State Description Online A drive that can be accessed by the Nytro MegaRAID controller and is part of the virtual drive. Unconfigured Good A drive that is functioning normally but is not configured as a part of a virtual drive or as a hot spare. Hot Spare A drive that is powered up and ready for use as a spare in case an online drive fails. Failed A drive that was originally configured as Online or Hot Spare, but on which firmware detects an unrecoverable error. Rebuild A drive to which data is being written to restore full redundancy for a virtual drive. Unconfigured Bad A drive on which firmware detects an unrecoverable error; the drive was Unconfigured Good or the drive could not be initialized. Missing A drive that was Online, but which has been removed from its location. Offline A drive that is part of a virtual drive, but which has invalid Nytro MegaRAID configuration data.
Drive States
A drive state is a property that indicates the status of the drive. The following table describes the drive states.
Table 5. Drive States
State
Description
Online
A drive that can be accessed by the Nytro MegaRAID controller and is part of the virtual drive.
Unconfigured Good
A drive that is functioning normally but is not configured as a part of a virtual drive or as a hot spare.
Hot Spare
A drive that is powered up and ready for use as a spare in case an online drive fails.
Failed
A drive that was originally configured as Online or Hot Spare, but on which firmware detects an unrecoverable error.
Rebuild
A drive to which data is being written to restore full redundancy for a virtual drive.
Unconfigured Bad
A drive on which firmware detects an unrecoverable error; the drive was Unconfigured Good or the drive could not be initialized.
Missing
A drive that was Online, but which has been removed from its location.
Offline
A drive that is part of a virtual drive, but which has invalid Nytro MegaRAID configuration data.