Specifications

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7.8 Assigning a Spare Drive and Rebuild Settings
7.8.1 Adding Local Spare Drive
A spare drive is a standby drive automatically initiated by controller firmware to replace a
failed drive. A spare drive must have an equal or larger capacity than the array members. A
Local Spare should have a capacity equal to or larger than the members of the logical drive it
is assigned to. A Global Spare should have a capacity equal to or larger than all physical drives
in a RAID subsystem.
Fig. 7.27 Add Local Spare Drive Page
Choose View and Edit Drives on the Main Menu, then press [ENTER]. Move the cursor bar to a
drive that is not assigned to a logical drive or as a spare drive (usually indicated as a "New
Drive"), and then press [ENTER].
Fig. 7.28 Logical Drives List
Choose Add Local Spare Drive and press [ENTER]. A list of logical drives displays.
Move the cursor bar to a logical drive, then press [ENTER]. The unassigned disk drive will be
associated with this logical drive as a Local Spare.
Fig. 7.29 Confirming Adding Local Spare Drive
When prompted to “Add Local Spare Drive?,” choose Yes to confirm.