Adaptec Storage Manager Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare

Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares ●92
Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare
A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives.
To assign a dedicated hot spare:
1In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a
dedicated hot spare.
2In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to
designate as a hot spare. (See Hot Spare Limitations on page 90 for
help selecting a disk drive.)
3In the menu bar, select Actions, then click Create dedicate d hot-
spare drive for, then click the name of the logical drive. (In the
example below, the logical drive name is “Clients”.)
A plus sign appears beside the selected disk driv e, indicating that it’s
designated as a dedicated hot spare. (A yellow pl us sign indicates an
error. See What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean? on page 93 for help
solving the problem.)
4To use the same dedicated hot spare to prot ect anothe r logical drive,
repeat Step 2 and Step 3.
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