User Guide

Intel® Integrated RAID Solution User Guide 19
Figure 6. Manage Volume Window
5. Select Manage Hot Spares.
The Manage Hot Spares window appears.
6. Identify a disk that is not part of a RAID array (that is, the value in the Drive Status
column is not RAID) and that is not already identified as a hot spare disk.
A global hot spare disk must have 512-byte blocks and nonremovable media. The
disk type must be either SATA with extended command set support or SAS with
SMART support.
7. Select the Hot Spr (Hot Spare) field for this disk, and press the space bar.
The Hot Spare status changes to Yes.
8. (Optional) Repeat the preceding step to select a second global hot spare disk.
9. Press C to create the hot spare disk.
A menu window appears. An error message appears if the selected disk is not at
least as large as the smallest disk used in the existing array or arrays. An error
message also appears if you try to add a SATA disk as a hot spare for arrays that use
SAS disks, or if you try to add a SAS disk as a hot spare for arrays that use SATA
disks.
10. Select Save changes then exit this menu to create the hot spare disk or disks.
The SAS3 BIOS CU pauses while it configures the global hot spares.