Installation guide

Chapter 5. McBIOS & Terminal Configuration
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5.5.2.6 Create Hot Spare
When you choose the “Create Hot Spare” option in the “Raid Set Function”, all
unused physical devices connected to the current controller will result in the
screen.
Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate check box. Press the Enter
key to select a disk drive and press Yes in the “Create Hot Spare” to designate
it as a hot spare.
The “Create Hot Spare” gives you the ability to define a global or dedicated hot
spare. Unlike “Global Hot Spare” which can be used with any RAID sets,
“Dedicated Hot Spare” can only be used with a specific RAID set or Enclosure.
When a disk drive fails in the RAID set or enclosure with a dedicated Hot Spare
is pre-set, data on the disk drive is rebuild automatically on the dedicated hot
spare disk.
5.5.2.7 Delete Hot Spare
Select the target Hot Spare disk to delete by clicking on the appropriate check
box.
Press the Enter key to select a hot spare disk drive, and press Yes in the
“Delete Hot Spare” screen to delete the hot spare.