Toshiba Magnia 560S - Manual (Page 186)

Physical Drive Menu 168
Running Power Console Plus
Change Status
Choose this option after you have selected a physical drive. Table 12.7 lists the Change
Status options:
Table 12.7 Change Status Options
Option Description
Make Online Choose this option to bring the selected physical drive online.
Fail Drive Choose this option to take the selected physical drive offline.
Spin Up Choose this option to allow a period of time for the selected
physical drive to reach operational speed. This usually takes a few
seconds.
Spin Down Choose this option to allow a period of time for the selected
physical drive to stop spinning before taking the drive offline. This
usually takes a few seconds.
Make Hot
Spare Choose this option to designate the selected drive as a hot spare.
Hot spares are automatically brought online to replace failed disk
drives. Hot spares are physical drives that are powered up along
with the RAID drives and usually are placed in a standby state.
Hot spares can be used for RAID levels 1 and 5. Click on the drive
icon of the drive to be made the hot spare. The drive to be made a
hot spare must have the same or greater capacity than the other
drives in the RAID array.