Promise Technology EX8658, EX8654, EX8650, EX4650 Deleting Spare Drive, Making Spare Drive Settings

SuperTrak EX Series User Manual

Deleting Spare Drive

Note

If an existing spare drive has the wrong parameters for your needs, click the Settings tab to change the parameters rather than delete the spare drive and create a new one.

To delete a spare drive:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Spare Drives icon.

3.Click the Delete tab in Management View.

4.Check the box to the left of the spare drive you want to delete.

5.Click the Submit button.

In the confirmation box, type the word confirm in the field provided.

6.Click the OK button.

Making Spare Drive Settings

The Spare Drive–Settings tab enables you to change the settings of an existing spare drive. To change spare drive settings:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click the Spare Drives icon.

3.Click the Spare Drive icon.

4.Click the Settings tab in Management View.

5.Choose a spare type, Global or Dedicated.

6.To make a revertible spare drive, check the Revertible box.

7.To enable Media Patrol on this spare drive, check the Enable Media Patrol box.

8.If you chose a Dedicated spare drive, in the Dedicated to Disk Arrays field, highlight the disk array to which you want assign the spare drive from the Available list and press the >> button to move them to the Selected list. You can also double-click array to move it.

9.Click the Submit button.

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