Avago Technologies SAS 9300-4i Host Bus Adapter - Manual (Page 19)

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SAS-3 Integrated RAID Solution User Guide
November 2012 Chapter 3: Creating Mirrored Volumes
Other Configuration Tasks
7. Select the Hot Spr (Hot Spare) field for this disk, and press the space bar.
The Hot Spare status changes to Yes.
8. (Optional) Repeat the preceding step to select a second global hot spare disk.
9. Press C to create the hot spare disk.
A menu window appears. An error message appears if the selected disk is not at least as large as the smallest disk
used in the existing array or arrays. An error message also appears if you try to add a SATA disk as a hot spare for
arrays that use SAS disks, or if you try to add a SAS disk as a hot spare for arrays that use SATA disks.
10. Select Save changes then exit this menu to create the hot spare disk or disks.
The SAS3 BIOS CU pauses while it configures the global hot spares.
3.3.2 Deleting a Hot Spare Disk
Follow these steps to delete a global hot spare disk.
1. Access the Manage Hot Spares window by following the first five steps of the previous section.
2. Select a hot spare disk for deletion, and press C.
3. Select Save changes then exit this menu to complete the deletion of the hot spare disk.
The configuration utility pauses while it removes the global hot spare.
3.4 Other Configuration Tasks
This section explains how to perform other configuration and maintenance tasks for mirrored arrays.
3.4.1 Viewing Array Properties
Follow these steps to view the RAID properties of a mirrored array.
1. In the SAS3 BIOS CU, select an LSI SAS-3 adapter from the adapter list.
The Adapter Properties window appears.
2. Select RAID Properties.
The Select New Array Type window appears.
3. Select View Existing Array.
The View Array window appears, showing information about the array and each disk in it. The window includes
global hot spare information, if any exists.
NOTE If you create one array using SAS disks, another array using SATA disks, and one or two global hot
spare disks, the hot spare disks only appear when you view the mirrored array that uses the same type of
disks as the hot spare disks.