HP NetRAID-4M Controller - Manual (Page 235)

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Modifying Containers
container show cache command to display information about
the cache buffers associated with a container.
Understanding Releasing the Cache Buffers Associated with a
Container in a UNIX Environment
The container release cache feature is not available in a UNIX
environment.
Working with Container Rebuild
A spare disk is a disk that is configured to automatically receive data
from a failed partition or disk in a redundant container
configuration. The CLI allows you to assign and remove spare disks
to and from a single container or to all containers managed by a
controller. One or more spare disks assigned to all containers
managed by a controller is known as global container spare.
When a container is already assigned a spare disk, additional
assigned disks are added to the container’s list of spare disks.
Although all container types accept spare assignments, only mirror
set and RAID-5 set container types use the spare assignment if a disk
fails.
The CLI allows you to do the following:
■ Assign one or more spare disks to a single container
■ Remove spare disks assigned to a single container
■ Assign one or more spare disks to all containers managed by a
controller
■ Remove spare disks assigned to all containers managed by a
controller
Assigning Spare Disks to a Single Container
The CLI allows you to assign one or more spare disks to a single
container. To assign one or more automatic spare disks for a single
container, use the
container set spare command.
To work with assigning spare disks to a single container, you must
understand:
■ The container assign spare disks attributes you can specify