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Setting the auto rebuild policy – Avago Technologies 3ware 9650SE-12ML (Channel) User Manual

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Setting the Auto Rebuild Policy

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To view controller polices in 3BM

You can also view and change these controller polices in 3BM, as shown in
Figure 39.

1

On the main 3BM screen,

Tab

to

Settings

and press

Enter

.

2

On the pop-up menu, select

Controller Policies

and press

Enter

.

The Policy Control screen displays.

Figure 39. 3BM Policy Control Screen

Setting the Auto Rebuild Policy

The Auto Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will attempt
to rebuild degraded units.

When Auto Rebuild is disabled, only spares will be automatically used to
rebuild degraded units. When Auto Rebuild is enabled, the firmware will
select drives to use for automatically rebuilding a degraded unit using the
following priority order.

Smallest usable spare.

Smallest usable unconfigured (available) drive.

Smallest usable failed drive.

Enabling Auto Rebuild allows you to add a drive to the controller and have it
be available for a rebuild, without having to specify it as a spare.

With Auto Rebuild enabled, if you accidentally disconnect a drive (causing
the controller to see it as a failed drive) and then reconnect it, the controller
will automatically try to use it again.

You can enable or disable the Auto-Rebuild policy through 3DM or 3BM.