Promise Technology EX4650 Managing Spare Drives, Viewing Spare Drives, Creating a Spare Drive

Chapter 4: SuperBuild™ Utility

Managing Spare Drives

Spare drive management includes these functions:

•Viewing Spare Drives (page 97)

•Viewing Spare Drive Information (page 97)

•Creating a Spare Drive (page 97)

•Changing Spare Drive Settings (page 98)

•Deleting a Spare Drive (page 99)

Viewing Spare Drives

To view your spare drives:

1.In the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter.

ID – The consecutive number of the spare drive in the order it was created, beginning with 0

Model Name – The physical drive manufacturer’s model name Capacity – Data capacity of the physical drive in GB

Status – OK is normal. Can also show Rebuilding or Dead.

2.Highlight Return to Previous Menu and press Enter.

Viewing Spare Drive Information

To view spare drive information:

1.In the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter. The Spare Drive Management screen displays.

2.Highlight the spare drive you want to see and press Enter.

The Spare Drive Info and Setting screen displays. The information includes:

Physical Drive ID – The channel number of the SuperTrak controller to which the physical drive is attached.

Revertible – Yes or No.

Spare Type – Global or Dedicated.

Disk Array – ID, name, capacity, and status, for spare drives dedicated to an array

3.Highlight Return to Previous Menu and press Enter.

Creating a Spare Drive

For a physical drive to qualify as a spare, the drive must be:

•Unconfigured – Not part of an array

•Functional – Showing OK status

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