User guide

55MAXDATA SR1202 M1 – StorView
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RAID User Guide
4. Click the CREATE button. You will see a confirmation window indicating the process was
successful, click the CLOSE button.
5. Click the CLOSE button on the Drive panel window.
 NOTE
Only arrays that the spare drive is large enough to replace any member drive of will be displayed in
the pull down menu. For example, if you have two arrays: one created using 10 GB drives (array 0)
and one using 30 GB disk drives (array 1). If you have a 20 GB spare drive that you attempt to assign
to an array only the array 0 will be displayed because the drives in array 1 are greater capacity drives
than the spare. However, if you have a 40 GB spare drive both array 0 and array 1 will be displayed
since the 40 GB spare is equal to or greater than any drive in either array.
Removing a Spare
This operation will remove the designation of the drive as a global or dedicated spare. The drive will
then become online and available for other uses.
1. From the Main screen, click on a disk drive labeled “Dedicated” or “Global” in the enclosure
front view that you wish to remove as a spare. The drive panel window will open.
Figure 36. Drive Panel Screen
2. Click the REMOVE SPARE button. You will see a confirmation window indicating the process
was successful, click the CLOSE button.
3. Click the CLOSE button on the Drive panel window.
Auto Spare
The Auto Spare option, when enabled, will automatically cause a replacement disk drive when inserted
to be used as a dedicated hot spare for the failed drive and its array. When a new drive is inserted in
place of the failed drive, a rebuild operation will begin automatically using the new drive. This option
is useful when a global or dedicated hot spare drive is not assigned and you have a fault tolerant array
that experiences a drive failure. This option allows the user to just insert a replacement drive and the
rebuild will begin, instead of opening the Drive panel for the replacement disk drive and assigning it
as a hot spare.