Creating Global Hot Spares
You can use a global hot spare to replace a failed physical disk in any redundant array as long as the capacity of the global hot spare is equal to or larger than the coerced capacity of the failed physical disk.
Perform the following steps to create global hot spares:
1Press <Ctrl><N> to access the PD Mgmt screen.
A list of physical disks is displayed. The status of the each disk is displayed under the heading State.
2Press the
3Press <F2> to display the menu of available actions.
4Press the
The physical disk is changed to a global hot spare. The status of the physical disk as a global hot spare is displayed under the heading State.
NOTE: To replace a failed physical disk global hot spares must use the same disk technology and must be equal or greater in size.
5Select additional physical disks if desired and follow the previous steps to change them to global hot spares.
Removing Global or Dedicated Hot Spares
You can remove one global or dedicated hot spare at a time on the PD Mgmt screen. Perform the following steps to remove a global hot spare or dedicated hot spare:
1Press <Ctrl><N> to access the PD Mgmt screen.
A list of physical disks is displayed. The status of each disk is displayed under the heading State.
2Press the
3Press <F2> to display the menu of available actions.
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Management Applications for PERC Cards