Specifications

DS300f G2 Series User Manual
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vIewInG SPare DrIve InformatIon
To view spare drive information:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
The list of spare drives appears.
3. Clickthesparedriveyouwant,thenclicktheView button.
SpareDriveinformationdisplays,including:
• SpareDriveID–Spare0,Spare1,etc.
• PhysicalDriveID–IDnumberofthephysicaldrivechosenforthisspare
• OperationalStatus–OKmeansnormal
• SpareType–GlobalorDedicated
• PhysicalCapacity–Totaldatacapacityofthesparedrive
• Revertible–YesorNo
• CongurableCapacity–Usablecapacityofthesparedrive
• SpareCheckStatus–NotCheckedorHealthy
• MediaPatrol–EnabledorNotEnabled
• DedicatedtoArray–IDnumberofthediskarraytowhichthespareisdedicated
Formoreinformation,see"Spare Drives" on page <?>.
creatInG a SPare DrIve manually
This feature creates a spare drive only. You can also use the Wizard to create a disk array with logical drives
and spare drives at the same time.
This action requires SuperUser or PowerUser privileges.
To create a spare drive:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
3. Click the Create Spare Drive button.
4. Foreachofthefollowingitems,acceptthedefaultorchangethesettingsasrequired:
• ChecktheRevertibleboxifyouwantarevertiblesparedrive.
Arevertiblesparedrivereturnstoitssparedriveassignmentafteryoureplacethefailedphysicaldrive
inthediskarrayandruntheTransitionfunction.
• Global–Canbeusedbyanydiskarray
• Dedicatedtonewlycreateddiskarray–Thediskarrayyouarenowcreating.
5. In the SelectPhysicalDrivesdiagram,clickadrivetochooseitforyourspare.
TheIDnumberforchosendriveappearsintheeldbelowthediagram.
6. Click the Submit button.
Ifyouaredonecreatingsparedrives,clicktheFinish button.
Tocreateanothersparedrive,clicktheCreate More button.
DeletInG a SPare DrIve
This action requires Administrator or a SuperUser privileges.
To delete a spare drive:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
3. Clickthesparedriveyouwant,thenclicktheDelete button.
4. IntheConrmationbox,typetheword“conrm”intheeldprovidedandclicktheConrm button.
makInG SPare DrIve SettInGS
To make spare drive settings:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
3. Clickthesparedriveyouwant,thenclicktheSettings button.
4. Foreachofthefollowingitems,acceptthedefaultorchangethesettingsasrequired:
• IntheRevertibledrop-downmenu,chooseYesorNo.
• ChecktheMediaPatrolboxtoenableMediaPatrolonthissparedrive.Unchecktodisable.
• IntheSpareTypedrop-downmenu,chooseGlobalorDedicated.
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IfyouusechoseaDedicatedspare,checktheboxbesidethe
diskarraytowhichthissparedriveisassigned.
5. Click the Save button.