Specifications

DS300f G2 Series User Manual
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ManaGInG spare drIves (Clu)
Spare Drive Management includes the following functions:
• "Viewing a list of Spare Drives (CLU)" on page 137
• "Creating a Spare Drive (CLU)" on page 137
• "Making Spare Drive Settings (CLU)" on page 137
• "Running Spare Check (CLU)" on page 138
• "Deleting a Spare Drive (CLU)" on page 138
vIewInG a lISt of SPare DrIveS (clu)
To view a list of spare drives:
From the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter.
A list of the current spare drives appears, including the following parameters:
• ID number
• Operational Status
• Physical Drive ID number
•
ConguredCapacity
• Revertible–Thesparedrivereturnstosparestatusafteryoureplacethefailed
driveinthediskarray.See“Transition”onpage356formoreinformation.
• Type–Global(alldiskarrays)orDedicated(tospecieddiskarrays)
• Dedicated to Array–Thearraytowhichadedicatedspareisassigned
For more information, see "Disk Arrays" on page <?>.
creatInG a SPare DrIve (clu)
Onlyunconguredphysicaldrivescanbeusedtomakespares.CheckyouravailabledrivesunderPhysicalDrive
Management. Also see "Managing Physical Drives" on page <?>.
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Create New Spare Drive and press Enter.
A default physical drive is shown with possible alternative choices.
3. To choose different drive, highlight the drive, press the backspace key to remove the current number, then
type a new number.
4. Highlight Revertible and press the spacebar to toggle between Yes and No.
A revertible drive can be returned to spare status after you replace the failed drive in a disk array. See
"Transition" on page <?> for more information.
5. Highlight Spare Type and press the spacebar to toggle between Dedicated and Global.
Dedicatedmeansthissparedrivecanonlybeusedwiththespecieddiskarrays.Globalmeansthis
spare drive can be used by any disk array.
If you chose Dedicated, a default disk array is shown with possible alternative choices.
To choose different array, highlight the array and press the backspace key to erase the current number,
then type the new number.
6. Press Control-A to save the spare drive.
makInG SPare DrIve SettInGS (clu)
To change spare drive settings:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter.
A list of the current spare drives appears, including the following parameters:
2. Highlight the spare drive you want to change and press Enter.
3. Highlight the setting you want to change:
• Revertible
–Arevertibledrivecanbereturnedtosparestatusafteryoureplacethe
faileddriveinadiskarray.See“Transition”onpage356formoreinformation.
• Type–Dedicatedmeansthissparedrivecanonlybeusedwiththespecieddisk
arrays.Globalmeansthissparedrivecanbeusedbyanydiskarray.
4. Press the spacebar to toggle between the choices.
5. For dedicated spares, type the array number the spare is assigned to.
6. Press Control-A to save your settings.