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How Do I Designate a Physical Drive as a Spare, or Reset a Spare Drive as Unused?
4-44 RAID EzAssist User’s Manual
How Do I Designate a Physical Drive as a Spare,
or Reset a Spare Drive as Unused?
☞ Use the arrow key to select Perform Administration on... on
the main menu, then press Enter.
The Administration menu is displayed (Figure 4-61).
Figure 4-61. Administration Menu - Physical Device
☞ Use the arrow key to select Physical Device, then press Enter.
❑ Select a Physical Device.
The first step is to select one of the following:
• a physical device with status “Unconfigured” that you wish to assign as
a spare, OR
• a physical device with status “Spare” that you wish to return to
unconfigured (unused) status.
You do either of these from the Physical Drive Selection screen
(Figure 4-62).
Figure 4-62. Physical Drive Selection Screen
This screen uses the following navigation strategy: