HP A7143A RAID160 SA Controller Support Guide, February 2007

Troubleshooting
The sautil Command
Chapter 6
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Logical Drive State Definitions
The status column of the Logical Drive Summary in the sautil <device_file> command output example
indicates the logical drive state. The logical drive state provides useful troubleshooting information. Refer to
the following logical drive state definitions to interpret the logical drive status (the logical drive state
definitions are also included in the sautil manpage).
Logical Drive State Definitions:
OK All physical disks in the logical drive are operational.
FAILED Some possible causes:
1) Multiple physical disks in a fault-tolerant (RAID 1,
1+0, 5, ADG) logical drive have failed.
2) One or more disks in a RAID 0 logical drive have
failed.
3) Cache data loss has occurred.
4) Array expansion was aborted.
5) The logical drive is temporarily disabled because
another logical drive on the adapter had a missing disk
at power-up.
USING INTERIM RECOVERY MODE
Also known as "degraded" state. A physical disk in a fault
tolerant logical drive has failed. For RAID 1, 1+0 or 5,