Compaq Infortrend manual Assigning Spare Drive, Rebuild Settings, Adding Local Spare Drive

7.8Assigning Spare Drive, Rebuild Settings

Adding Local Spare Drive

A spare drive is a standby drive automatically initiated by controller firmware to replace a failed drive. A spare drive must have an equal or larger capacity than the array members. A local spare should have a capacity equal or larger than the members of the logical drive it is assigned to. A global spare should have a capacity equal or larger than all physical drives in a RAID system.

1.Choose “View and Edit SCSI Drives” on the main menu, press [ENTER]. Move the cursor bar to a SCSI drive that is not assigned to a logical drive or as a spare drive (usually indicated as a "New Drive"), and then press [ENTER].

2.Choose “Add Local Spare Drive” and press [ENTER]. A list of logical drives displays.

3.Move the cursor bar to a logical drive, then press [ENTER]. The unassigned SCSI drive will be associated with to this logical drive as a Local Spare.

4.When prompted to “Add Local Spare Drive?”, choose Yes to confirm.

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