When the MegaRAID Storage Manager software is running, you can see the status of all virtual drives. If a virtual drive is operating normally, the icon looks like this:
. Color-coded circles appears next to the icon to indicate the following:
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Yellow: The server is running in a partially degraded state (for example, if a drive has failed); the data is still safe, but data could be lost if another drive fails.
When you select the Logical tab, the panel on the left shows which drives are used by each virtual drive. The same drive can be used by multiple virtual drives.
To display complete virtual drive information, click the Logical tab in the left panel, and click a virtual drive icon in the left panel. The properties appear in the right panel. The RAID level, Stripe Size, and access policy of the virtual drive are set when the virtual drive is configured.
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Either select Go To > Virtual Drive > Start Locating Virtual Drive, or right-click a virtual drive and select Start Locating Virtual Drive from the menu.
The LEDs on the drives in the virtual drive start blinking (except for hot spare drives).
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To stop the LEDs from blinking, click Go To > Virtual Drive > Stop Locating Virtual Drive.
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