Cisco Systems 57712, UCSCPCIEBTG manual Making a Dedicated Hot Spare, Modify-attributes, Policy

Managing Network Adapters

Making a Dedicated Hot Spare

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 4	Server /chassis/storageadapter/virtual-drive #	Prompts you to select a different current
	modify-attributes	policy.

This example shows how to carve a new virtual drive out of unused space in an existing RAID 1 drive group:

Server# scope chassis

Server /chassis # scope storageadapter SLOT-3

Server /chassis/storageadapter # scope virtual-drive

Server /chassis/storageadapter/virtual-drive # modify-attributes

Current write policy: Write Back

0:Write Through

1:Write Back

2:Write Back even if Bad BBU

Choose number from above options --> 0

The following attribute will be modified:

-Write policy: Write Through OK? (y or n) --> y

operation in progress.

Server /chassis/storageadapter/virtual-drive #

Making a Dedicated Hot Spare

Before You Begin

You must log in with admin privileges to perform this task.

Procedure

	Command or Action	Purpose
Step 1	Server# scope chassis	Enters the chassis command mode.
Step 2	Server /chassis # scope storageadapter slot	Enters command mode for an installed storage
		card.
Step 3	Server /chassis/storageadapter # scope	Enters command mode for the specified
	physical-drive drive-number	physical drive.
Step 4	Server /chassis/storageadapter/physical-drive	You are prompted to choose a virtual drive for
	# make-dedicated-hot-spare	which the dedicated hot spare is being created.

This example shows how to make physical drive 3 a dedicated hot spare for virtual drive 6:

Server# scope chassis

Server /chassis # scope storageadapter SLOT-3

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