AMCC 720-0138-00 manual Adding a Drive, Removing a Drive, To add a drive, To remove a drive

Chapter 5. Configuring Units

Adding a Drive

You can add a drive to your 3ware Sidecar and make it available through 3DM without powering down the system.

To add a drive

1Insert the drive in your 3ware Sidecar. (For details, see 3ware Sidecar Kit with the 9590SE-ME: Installation Guide.)

2In 3DM, choose Management > Maintenance.

3On the Maintenance page, click Rescan Controller.

The drive will appear in the list of available drives. You can now use it in a new RAID configuration, or as a replacement drive in the event that another drive degrades.

If you want to use this drive as a spare, see “Creating a Hot Spare” on page 42.

Removing a Drive

If you want to physically remove a drive from your 3ware Sidecar without powering it down, you must first remove it through the 3ware software.

This is useful if you know that a drive is developing a problem and you want to replace it, or to replace a drive which has already failed.

Notes:

If you want to remove a unit from your system and reassemble it in another system, do not follow these steps. Instead, turn to “Removing a Unit” on page 56.

If you physically remove a drive on a 9590SE controller without first removing it in 3DM, it will be listed as removed, however it will not be completely removed unless you Rescan the controller.

To remove a drive

1In 3DM, choose Management > Maintenance.

On the Maintenance page, Remove Drive links appear next to all drives that can be removed from units, and next to drives in the Available Drives list.

2Locate the drive you want to remove and click the Remove Drive link (Figure 25).

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