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Working with Media Drives
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Identifying Failed Media Drives (2-Channel Models)
This topic contains information on how to identify that your AirSpeed 5000 two (2) channel
model server has one or more failed media drives.
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For a list of media drive LED meanings, see “AirSpeed 5000 Front Panel” in the AirSpeed 5000
Setup Guide.
To identify failed media drives:
1. Determine if you have a failed media drive by doing the following:
a. View the Drive status in the Health Monitor. On your AirSpeed 5000 server, select Start
> All Programs > Avid > Avid Framework > Avid Health Monitor. Then, select
Avid AirSpeed 5000 - Integration Service (for the AirSpeed 5000 server). In the Base
Board category, the Media Drive RAID Status field would have a RED X, and would
say “STATE_DEGRADED”.
b. View the LEDs on the front of the AirSpeed 5000 server. A solid red LED on the front
of the drive indicates that the media drive has failed. If it’s flashing RED, the drive could
be rebuilding the data. However, if it is solid RED, you need to replace that media drive.
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In the event of a failed media drive, it is very important that you replace the failed media
drive as soon as possible.
2. Note which drive(s) are failed.
t If you have determined that there is only one failed media drive, you must remove and
replace the media drive(s) in the AirSpeed 5000 chassis.
For more information, see “Removing and Replacing Media Drives (2-Channel
Models)” on page 105.
t If you have determined that there are two or more failed media drives, you will lose your
media, and need to re-RAID all of your media drives from scratch. For more
information on how to do that, see “Re-RAIDing Media Drives from Scratch
(2-Channel Model Servers)” on page 109.