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Dual RAID Module User's Guide - Rev. A03

8.

If the Number of Spares screen displays, enter the number of spares to add and press

Enter.
This creates dedicated spares that can only be used in this array. A dedicated spare

drive will not be available for any other use (refer to section "Managing Spares" for

further information).
If no spare is desired, simply enter 0.
The Select Drives screen should now display (Figure 17).

9.

Select the drive to be used as a dedicated spare and press Enter.

NOTES:

Only available drives (drives that aren't members of an array and are not

assigned as dedicated or pool spares) will be displayed. A drive is

selected by highlighting it and then pressing Enter. Each selected drive

turns gray in the drive list. To skip a drive, use the é or ê key.
A dedicated spare can be deleted from the array at any time (refer to

section "Deleting a Dedicated Spare" for further information).
If the array created is RAID 3, RAID 4, RAID 5, or RAID 50, the Chunk Size

screen will display (Figure 18).

Figure 18: Chunk Size Screen