Promise Technology EX8658, EX8654, EX8650, EX4650 manual Changing Spare Drive Settings

SuperTrak EX Series User Manual

•Big Enough – Same capacity or greater than the largest drive in your array

To create a spare drive:

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

2.Highlight Assign Spare Drive and press Enter. The Assign Spare Drive Step 1/2 screen appears.

3.Press the arrow keys to highlight a physical drive. Then press the spacebar to select the physical drive.

An asterisk (*) appears at the left of the selected physical drive. Highlight Next Step and press Enter.

The Assign Spare Drive 2/2 screen displays.

4.Press the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to change, then press Enter to select the item:

•Revertible – Yes or No. A revertible spare drive automatically returns to its spare drive assignment after the failed physical drive in the disk array is replaced. Go to step 6.

•Spare Type – Global, can be used by any disk array. Dedicated, can only be used by the assigned disk array. Go to step 5.

5.Optional. If you chose Dedicated in step 4, press the arrow keys to highlight a disk array. Then press the spacebar to select the disk array.

An asterisk (*) appears at the left of the selected disk array.

6.Highlight Save Configuration and press Enter.

Changing Spare Drive Settings

You can change a spare drive’s revertibility and type. To change spare drive settings:

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

2.Highlight the spare drive whose settings you want to change and press Enter.

The Spare Drive Info and Setting screen displays.

3.Press the arrow keys to highlight the item you want to change, then press Enter to select the item:

•Revertible – Yes or No. A revertible spare drive automatically returns to its spare drive assignment after the failed physical drive in the disk array is replaced. Go to step 5.

•Spare Type – Global, can be used by any disk array. Dedicated, can only be used by the assigned disk array. Go to step 4.

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