Managing hot spares

You may configure one disk as a global hot spare to protect critical data on the IM/IME volume(s). You may create the hot spare disk at the same time you create the IM/IME volume. Refer to this section when adding a hot spare disk on an existing volume.

If a disk on an IM/IME volume fails, the utility automatically rebuilds the failed disk data on the hot spare. When the failed disk is replaced, the utility assigns the replacement as the new hot spare.

To create a hot spare:

1.Follow steps 1–3 of the section Viewing volume properties.

2.From the View Array screen, select Manage Array, then press <Enter>.

LSI Corp Config Utility

v6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04)

View Array -- SAS1064E

 

Array

1 of 1

Identifier

LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000

Type

IME

Scan Order

0

Size(MB)

51498

Status

Optimal

Manage Array

 

 

Slot

Device Identifier

 

RAID

Hot

Drive

Pred

Size

 

Num

 

 

 

Disk

Spr

Status

Fail

(MB)

0

SEAGATE ST336754SS

0003

Yes

No

Ok

No

34331

2

SEAGATE ST336754SS

0003

Yes

No

Ok

No

34331

3

SEAGATE ST336754SS

0003

Yes

No

Ok

No

34331

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esc = Exit Menu

F1/Shift+1 = Help

 

 

 

 

 

Enter=Select Item

Alt+N=Next Array

C = Create an array

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.From the Manage Array screen, select Manage Hot Spares, then press <Enter>.

 

LSI Corp Config Utility

 

v6.20.00.00 (2007.12.04)

 

 

Manage Array -- SAS1064E

 

 

 

 

 

Identifier

 

LSILOGICLogical Volume 3000

 

 

 

Type

 

IME

 

 

 

Scan Order

0

 

 

 

Size(MB)

51498

 

 

 

Status

 

Optimal

 

 

 

Manage Hot Spares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Synnchronize Array

 

 

 

 

 

Activate Array

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete Array

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Esc = Exit Menu

F1/Shift+1 = Help

 

 

Enter = Select Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASUS PIKE 1064E

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