User`s guide

Chapter 5
Defining a Hot Spare Drive
If your business cannot tolerate data loss or downtime due to drive failures, you
should keep a drive available in the array as a hot spare for automatic rebuilds.
Follow this procedure to create a hot spare drive.
Step
Action
Result
1
Select the View Update option from
the main menu.
The system displays the
View/Update Configuration menu as
shown in Figure 5-8.
2
Select the Define Spare option.
The system displays the Define
Spare menu as shown in Figure 5-6.
3
Use the arrow keys to select the
drive you want to define as a spare
and press the Enter key.
The system changes the drive status
to HSP (hot spare).
4
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.
5
Press the ESC key.
The system displays a confirmation
window that asks if you want to save
your configuration.
6
Select Yes.
The system saves your configuration
and returns you to the main menu.
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