Adaptec SCSI RAID 2120S/2200S Software User’s Guide
Creating and Deleting Hot Spares
Creating Hot Spares
To create a hot spare:
1Click on the 
button on the Physical Devices view.
2In the Physical Devices view, select the drive(s) you want to make hot spares.
Note: You cannot select a drive that is already used in an array as a hot spare.
3The advanced option for the Hot Spare button describes how to dedicate a hot spare to protect a single array.
If you wish to dedicate a hot spare to protect a single array, select the array you want the hot spare to protect. If you do not select an array, the hot spare(s) will be global, that is they will protect all the arrays on the controller that they are large enough to protect.
4Click Finish.
Deleting Hot Spares
To delete a hot spare:
1Click the Hot Spare button on the Physical Devices view.
2In the Physical Devices view select the hot spare(s) you wish to delete.
3Click Finish.