A mode of operation for a , , or when one physical disk fails in a . The continues to function in the
Degraded mode because it uses the data and on the physical disks that are still operational. This
situation enables you to continue reading and writing to the virtual disk without losing data and to reconstruct the data after you replace the failed physical disk. The Degraded virtual disk icon is displayed in the Logical View
as .
If a is configured and it takes over for the failed physical disk, the virtual disk remains in an status and still shows a single failed physical disk.