RAID Degraded

[mike_coreit]

Hi I have a ML115 G5 server. I am using the onboard NVIDIA RAID controller with 2 identical hard drives. I set up a RAID1 volume and shut down the server, when I powered it up the volume shows as degraded, but the volume is still accessible (i.e. the Server 2008 OS can still boot from the volume).

I know both of the hard drives are working correctly as I have run a surface test with the software MHDD.

Is there any way to use the RAID without it degrading so quickly?

Thanks