User's Manual

Considerations For Slow Initialize
To Locate Clear In Storage Management
To locate this task in storage management:
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller
objects.
2. Expand a controller object.
3. Expand a connector object.
4. Expand the enclosure or Backplane object.
5. Select the Physical Disks object.
6. Select Clear from the Tasks drop-down menu of the physical device you want to clear.
7. Click Execute.
Enabling Revertible Hot Spare
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
Select the Revertible Hot Spare task to copy data back from a hot spare to a physical disk.
If the physical disk in a virtual disk fails, the data on the failed disk is copied to the assigned hot spare. If
you replace the failed disk with a new physical disk and if you have enabled the Revertible Hot Spare
task, the data is copied from the hot spare to the new disk.
You can also use the Revertible Hot Spare task to copy data from a physical disk to the hot spare on a
predictive failure event.
If Revertible Hot Spare is enabled and the physical disk is SMART-enabled, the controller firmware
automatically starts copying data from the SMART-enabled disk in the virtual disk to the hot spare.
NOTE: To use the Revertible Hot Spare task, ensure that you have assigned a hot spare to the
virtual disk.
NOTE: If the disk is not SMART-enabled or if the Auto Replace on Predictive Failure option is
disabled, the failed disk is not replaced automatically.
Enable Revertible Hot Spare
To enable revertible hot spare:
1. On the Change Controller Properties page, enable Allow Revertible Hot Spare and Replace
Member Auto Replace Member on Predictive Failure.
2. Click Apply Changes.
To Locate Controller Task In Storage Management
1. In the Server Administrator window, under the system tree, expand Storage to display the controller
objects.
2. Select a controller object on which you want to enable the revertible hot spare task.
3. Click Information/Configuration on the controller Properties page.
4. From the Controller Task drop-down list box, select Change Controller Properties and click
Execute.
NOTE: The Rebuild rate for Revertible Hot Spare is the same as that defined for the controller.
Enabling Instant Encrypt Erase
Does my controller support this feature? See Supported Features.
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