Promise Technology 2-Year Extended Warranty for VessR2000 RAID Head - Manual (Page 478)

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Product Manual Manage with CLU
M
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Spare Drive Management includes the following functions:
• “Viewing a list of Spare Drives (CLU)” on page 451
• “Creating a Spare Drive (CLU)” on page 451
• “Making Spare Drive Settings (CLU)” on page 452
• “Running Spare Check (CLU)” on page 453
• “Deleting a Spare Drive (CLU)” on page 453
V
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To view a list of spare drives:
From the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter .
A list of the current spare drives appears, including the following parameters:
• ID number
• Operational Status
• Physical Drive ID number
• Configured Capacity
•
Revertible – The spare drive returns to spare status after you replace the failed
drive in the disk array. See “Transition” on page 356 for more information.
• Type – Global (all disk arrays) or Dedicated (to specified disk arrays)
• Dedicated to Array – The array to which a dedicated spare is assigned
For more information, see "Disk Arrays" on page 100.
C
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Only unconfigured physical drives can be used to make spares. Check your available drives under Physical Drive
Management. Also see "Managing Physical Drives" on page 100.
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter .
2. Highlight Create New Spare Drive and press Enter .