Promise Technology VTrak external disk array subsystem, m210p, m310p Spare Check All Spare Drives

VTrak M310p, M210p Product Manual

To delete a spare drive:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click on the Spare Drives icon.

3.Click on 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.

The selected spare drive disappears from the Spare Drives List on the Information tab.

Spare Check – All Spare Drives

The Spare Drives–Spare Check tab enables you verify the status of your spare drives. To check a spare drive:

1.Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.

2.Click on the Spare Drives icon.

3.Click on the Spare Check tab in Management View.

4.From the Physical Drive dropdown menu, select the spare drive you want to check.

Or select All to check all the spare drives at the same time.

5.Click the Submit button.

The results of the Spare Check appear under Spare Check Status in the Information tab. “Healthy” means normal condition.

Spare Drive

Spare Drive Information

When a physical drive in a disk array fails and a spare drive of adequate capacity is available, the disk array will begin to rebuild automatically using the spare drive. See “Critical & Offline Disk Arrays” on page 228.

The Spare Drive–Information tab provides information about the selected physical disk drive.

•Spare ID – Consecutive number assigned when the spare drive was created.

•Physical Drive ID – The ID number of this physical drive.

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

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