Specifications

DS300f G2 Series User Manual
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locatInG a SPare DrIve
Spare drives are located in the same way as individual physical drives.
To locate a spare drive:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
The list of spare drives appears.
3. Inthesparedrivelist,identifythephysicaldriveIDnumber.
4. Click the Device tab.
5. Click the Physical Drive icon.
The list of physical drives appears.
6. Click the physical drive with the matching ID number and click the Locate button.
The drive carrier LED blinks for one minute.
runnInG SPare check
SpareCheckveriesthestatusofyoursparedrives.
To run spare check:
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Spare Check button.
4. Click the Conrm button.
Afterthe“Spare Check completed”messageappears,clicktheView button to see Spare Check Status.
runnInG a tranSItIon on a SPare DrIve
Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part of a disk array with an
unconguredphysicaldriveoranon-revertiblespare.Youmustspecifyanunconguredphysicaldriveofthe
same or larger capacity and same media type as the revertible spare drive.
See "Transition" on page 77.
running A trAnsition
To run a transition on a revertible spare drive:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the Background Activities icon.
The list of background activities appears.
3. Mouse-over Transition and click the Start button.
4. From the SourcePhysicalDrivedrop-downmenu,chooseaSourcediskarrayandtherevertiblesparedrive.
Arrays have an ID No. The revertible spare has a Seq. No. (sequence number).
5. From the TargetPhysicalDrivedrop-downmenu,chooseaTargetuncongureddrive.
6. Click the Conrm button.
stoPPing, PAusing or resuMing A trAnsition
Tostop,pauseorresumeTransition:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the Background Activities icon.
The list of background activities appears.
3. Mouse-over Transition and click the Stop,Pause,orResume button.