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failed) in the power off state. The RAID subsystem will continue to work in degraded
mode.
4.5.7 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 appear. Select the target
disk by clicking on the appropriate check box. Click the “Confirm the Operation” check
box and click the “Submit” button in the screen to create the hot spares. 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.
4.5.8 Delete Hot Spare
Select the target hot spare disk to delete by clicking on the appropriate check box.
Click the “Confirm the Operation” check box and click the “Submit” button on the
screen to delete the hot spares.