User`s guide

Chapter 7. Maintaining the Array with the Standalone Configuration Utility
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If you plan to use one of your drives as a spare drive, go on to Section 7.3.3 to
define a hot spare drive. Otherwise, go to Section 7.3.4 to save your array
configuration.
7.3.3 Defining Hot Spare Drive
Define a hot spare to keep a drive available in your subsystem on which the
RAID controller can automatically start to rebuild information from a drive that
fails.
To define a spare drive, follow these steps:
1. Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the Define Spare option on the
View/Update Configuration menu and press the Enter key. The utility
displays the Define Spare screen as shown in Figure 7–18.
2. Use the arrow keys to select the drive with a status of RDY you want to
define as a spare and press the Enter key. The utility changes the drive status
to HSP (hot spare).
If you select the wrong drive or decide that you do not want a hot spare
drive, press the Enter key again. The status of the drive returns to its
previous status.
Now go on to Section 7.3.4 to save the configuration of your array.