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 <h1><img src="images/l_pdalrt.gif" alt="failed physical drive" width="40" height="28" align="absmiddle"><img src="images/l_pdfull.gif" width="28" height="28" align="absbottom">
  Setting a drive state to failed</h1>

<p>You can use this action only on a physical drive that is part of an pool.
  If a physical drive is part of an pool, you must change the drive state to
  failed before removing the drive from the server or enclosure. Doing so eliminates
  the risk of losing data. After you replace the physical drive, you can rebuild
  the affected pool. </p>
<p>This action is useful in situations such as the following: </p>
<ul>
  <li>You want to replace a physical drive that is marked with a <a href="gpfa.htm">S.M.A.R.T.</a>.
    <br>
    <br>
  </li>
  <li>You want to replace a physical drive that is unwarranted.<br>
    <br>
  </li>
</ul>
<dl>
  <dt><b><img src="images/attentio.gif" width="22" height="15">Attention</b>:</dt>
  <dd>
    <ol>
      <li>
         <p>If you do <b>not</b> change an optimal physical drive state to failed
          before removing the drive from the server or enclosure, you risk losing
          data or damaging the physical drive.</p>
      <li>You cannot use this action on a physical drive undergoing a rebuild
        operation.<br>
        <br>
      <li>(For <b>non</b>-RAID level-x0 logical drives) If you choose to use this
        action and a logical drive is:
        <ul>
          <li>In a <a href="gcrt.htm">degraded</a> state, the logical drive state
            <b>will</b> change to <a href="gofl.htm">failed</a>. </li>
          <li>RAID level-0 and in an optimal state, the logical drive <b>will</b>
            change to failed.</li>
          <li>Not RAID level-0 and in an optimal state, the logical drive state <b>will</b>
            change to degraded.<br>
          </li>
        </ul>
      <li>(For RAID level-x0 logical drives) If you choose to use this action
        and a logical drive is in a degraded state, <a href="ccrtx0.htm">the logical
        drive state <b>might</b> change to failed</a>. </li>
    </ol>
  </dd>
</dl>
<ol>
  <li>In the <a href="cusegui4.htm">Physical devices view</a>, click <img src="images/s_pdalrt.gif" alt="failed physical drive" width="20" height="15" align="absbottom">
    (physical drive) or<img src="images/drive_fl.gif" width="28" height="20" align="absbottom">(physical
    drive).<br>
    <br>
  </li>
  <li> Right-click <b>Set drive state to failed</b>. A confirmation window opens
    to warn that this action might corrupt data.<br>
    <br>
    <b><img src="images/note.gif" width="15" height="17"> Note:</b> If the logical
    drive that contains this physical drive is already failed, the HP Storage Manager
    does not display this warning because the data is already corrupt.
    Continue to step 4. <br>
    <br>
  </li>
  <li>Click <b>Yes</b>. The HP Storage Manager sets the drive status to <a href="gddd.htm">failed</a>.
    <br>
    <br>
  </li>
  <li>Replace the selected physical drive. If the logical drive is not failed,
    <a href=arbddd.htm>manually rebuild</a> the logical device.</li>
</ol>
<h2>More information</h2>

<ul>
  <li><a href="cpdarray.htm">Replacing physical drives in an pool</a></li>
  <li><a href="ccrtx0.htm">Understanding when RAID level-x0 logical drives change
    state</a></li>
</ul>

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