HP ProLiant ML115 Server - Manual (Page 43)

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Installing and Using the NVIDIA MediaShield Application
Requirements for Designating a Spare Disk
The Designate Spare option on the Storage page appears only if all the following
conditions are met.
• There must be at least two fault tolerant arrays already created.
(Some OEMS allow a designated spare to be created when only one fault tolerant array
exists.)
• There must be at least one free disk with capacity equal to or greater than the smallest
disk in the given fault tolerant array.
For example, if a mirror array is created with disk capacities of 40 GB and 80 GB, there
should be at least one free disk available of capacity equal to or greater than 40GB to be
used as a spare disk for that array.
Designating a Spare Disk
1 Enter the system BIOS setup and make sure that the drive that you want to mark as free
is RAID enabled (see “Enabling RAID in the System BIOS” on page 8 ).
2 Select the RAID array that you want to receive the spare disk, then click Designate
Spare.
Figure 4.20 Selecting “Designate Spare Disk” from the Pop Up Menu
Note: If the Designate Spare option is not available, your system may not fulfill the
requirements. See “About Spare Disks” on page 38 .
You can also select the task from the System Tasks pane.