User manual
Table Of Contents
- RAIDXpert User Manual
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Installation
- Chapter 3: Setup
- Chapter 4: RAIDXpert User Interface
- Chapter 5: Monitoring and Managing
- Logging into RAIDXpert
- Choosing a Language
- Logging out of RAIDXpert
- User Management
- Host Management
- Utility Configuration
- Controller
- Physical Drives
- Logical Drives
- Viewing Logical Drives
- Creating a Logical Drive
- Deleting a Logical Drive
- Viewing Logical Drive Information
- Making Logical Drive Settings
- Backing up a RAID Ready Logical Drive
- Migrating a Logical Drive
- Rebuilding a Logical Drive
- Synchronizing All Logical Drives
- Synchronizing One Logical Drive
- Initializing a Logical Drive
- Logical Drive Activation
- Managing a Critical or Offline Logical Drive
- Spare Drives
- Chapter 6: Technology Background
- Appendix A: Frequently Asked Questions
- Appendix B: Partition and Format

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4. Click a Single Disk (unassigned physical drive) to use as a spare drive.
Available drives have a white frame. Selected drives have a red frame.
Drives with a blue frame are assigned to a logical drive.
You cannot select for a spare drive a split physical drive, where part of the
physical drive currently supports a logical drive.
5. Click the Create button.
The new Spare Drive appears under Physical Drive View and Spare Drive View.
Deleting a Spare Drive
To delete a spare drive:
1. Click Spare Drive View in Tree View.
2. Click the Delete tab in Management View.
3. Check the box to the left of the spare drive you want to delete.
4. Click the Delete button.