Baskervi, Boot to the controller BIOS  (CTRL-C) Select the controller This will bring you to the adapter properties window. Use the arrow keys to highlight and select RAID Properties, press enter. This takes you to the Select New Array Type window, there is now an option of view existing array. By using the arrow keys, select View Existing Array, Select the Inactive Array .Select Manage Array.  The only choices that are available is to activate the array or delete the array. In order to get this controller to accept the configuration of the disk, select Activate array by using the arrow keys to highlight it, then press Enter. Confirm Activation. Return to main menu and select SAS Topology and verify both Arrays are active. Let me know how it goes.
We have a Dell PowerEdge 840 that had the RAID controller go out yesterday - the system came up with an "ERROR! Adapter Malfunctioning" message. We replaced the controller with one we had shipped overnight. System was powered off, we made sure the installed was grounded, etc. etc. Upon powering up the system, the following message came up on the display:  =============================== Integrated RAID exception detected:   Volume (00:130) is currently in state INACTIVE/DEGRADED Enter the SAS Configuration Utility to investigate! HBA   ID   LUN   VENDOR   PRODUCT    REVISION    CAPACITY 0                           LSILogic    SAS1067-IR  0.10.49.00   NV 25:0D Dell Inc. MPT boot ROM, no supported devices found! ... No boot device available. =============================== What do I need to do to rebuild the array and see the data? The server apparently crashed shortly after the office closed last Friday but before the backups ran, so we don't have any backed up data from Friday.   Thanks
Problem with RAID array after replacing faulty RAID controller - Volume is 
currently in state INACTIVE/DEGRADED