Areca FAQ System - Q10021508 - RAID controller just shows “need init”, and not starting the initialization.

Q10021508 - RAID controller just shows “need init”, and not starting the initialization.

Controllers start background tasks under two conditions only.

1. Stay in raid card bios console.

2. Boot into OS and raid card driver is loaded.

Initialization, rebuilding and migration are all background tasks.

Tags: BIOS, initialization, migrating, rebuilding

Last update:: 2015-08-24 08:41
Author:: Simone
Revision:: 1.1

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