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Chapter 6: Configuring your RAID solutions

To check the rebuild rate:

Select the correct adapter from the

Adapter

box, then select

Rebuild Rate

from the

Adapter menu. If there is more than one adapter in the system, click each adapter and
check the rebuild rate. The rebuild rate is not affected when you clear the
configuration.

To Exit the Web Console:

Select

Exit

from the Configuration menu to quit the Web Console.

Reclaiming hot spare disks

To reclaim hot spare disks:

Select the drive and select

Remove Hot Spare

from the right pane. The Web Console

changes the state of the selected drives to the READY state.

Reconfiguring existing arrays

This section provides instructions for adding and removing physical drives from existing
arrays.

Adding a physical drive to an existing array

To add a physical drive to an array:

1

Go to the Config View screen.

2

Highlight the logical drive and select properties from the left pane. Select the drive
to add from the

Add Physical Drive

pane.

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