Mirrored RAID set has degraded following power outage.

Hello,
Following a recent power outage our Mac Pro running Leopard OSX Server with 2 x 1TB discs in a Mirroring RAID configuration (with an installed RAID card) developed a 'severe error' message.
The Raid Set R0-1 has a Viable (degraded) status.
Drive One (or bay 1) is 'Good' and 'Assigned'
Drive Two is 'Good' but with the State - 'Roaming'
Also, the events display describes the failure of a drive 3 (there isn't one) and that the R0-1 is Degraded and no spare is available.
So, we're a little confused.
1. Is the Drive 2 no longer part of the RAID mirror (i.e. Roaming)
OR
2. Something more significant has happened hence the bogus Drive 3 message?
Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated as always.
Thanks
Steve

Yes. Verification with the GUI tool is the first step. But... hmm, if you are dropping communications with the card, that is not a good sign. Make sure you have a backup and then try a PMU reset on the system. Maybe there is something wacky in the power manager. Then try any/all of these from Terminal to get more information:
raidutil list status
raidutil list eventinfo
raidutil list raidsetinfo
This should provide feedback. If these commands fail, then I fear that the card is not responding. Do you have AppleCare? It might be time to call for a replacement card.
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