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Chapter 5: Management with the CLU
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2. Highlight Physical Drive Number and press the backspace key to erase the
current value, then type the new value.
Specify the number of the physical drive you want for your spare. The
available drive numbers are in parentheses.
3. Highlight Revertible and press the spacebar to toggle between Yes and No.
A revertible spare drive can be returned to spare drive status after it replaces
a failed drive in a disk array. See “Transition” on page 252 for more
information.
4. Highlight Spare Type and press the spacebar to toggle between Dedicated
and Global.
Dedicated means this spare drive can only be used with the specified disk
array(s). Global means this spare drive can be used by any disk array.
5. If you chose Dedicated, highlight Dedicated to Arrays and press the
backspace key to erase the current value, then type the new value.
Specify the number(s) of the disk array(s) you want to assign your spare.
The current disk arrays are listed in parentheses.
6. Press Ctrl-A to save the spare drive.
Spare Drive Settings
This screen displays information about a spare drive. It enables you to change
the settings for this spare drive:
• Revertible – Yes means the drive automatically returns to its spare drive
assignment after the failed physical drive is replaced.
• Type – Global or Dedicated (to a specific disk array)
To change these settings:
1. Highlight the setting you want to change.
2. Press the spacebar to toggle between the choices.
3. For dedicated spares, type the array number it is assigned to.
4. Press Ctrl-A to save your settings.
To run spare check, highlight Start Spare Check and press Enter. The results
appear next to Spare Check Status.