CompTIA Server+ SK0-005 Practice Question
A Windows Server 2019 file server uses an HPE Smart Array P440 controller with four hot-swap 10 K SAS disks in a single RAID 5 logical drive that holds the D: data volume. Users suddenly receive "Location is unavailable" when they try to open shared folders. Disk Management shows the D: volume as Offline, and the Smart Array utility reports:
- Logical drive 01 - Status: Degraded
- Physical drive 2 - Status: Failed (predictive SMART)
- All other physical drives - OK The operating-system volume on a separate RAID 1 set remains healthy.
Which action should you take first to restore access to the logical drive while preserving data?
Hot-swap the failed disk with a same-size replacement so the controller can rebuild the RAID 5 array.
Delete and recreate the logical drive, then restore the volume from backup.
Convert the degraded RAID 5 set to RAID 0 to bring it online, then add another disk.
Force the controller to mark the failed disk online and run CHKDSK /f on D:.