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Chapter 6. RAID Configuration
6�2 Manage Hot Spare Disks
Create/delete one or two global hot spare disks to safeguard the data on mirrored volumes
on the controller.
6�2�1 Create Hot Spare Disks
Add global hot spare disks to an existing volume.
Procedure
Step 1: Select the adapter on which you want to create hot spare disks and press Enter .
Step 2: Select RAID Properties and press Enter .
Step 3: Select View Existing Array . The View Array window will appear. If necessary, press
Alt + N to switch to another array.
Step 4: Select Manage Volume . The Manage Volume window will appear as shown below.
Figure 6 Manage Volume Window page
Step 5: Select Manage Hot Spares .
Step 6: Identify a disk that is not part of a RAID array and that is not identified as a hot
spare disk.
NOTE
A global hot spare disk must have 512-byte blocks and nonremovable media. The disk type must
be either SATA with extended command set support or SAS with SMART support.
Step 7: Select the Hot Spare field for this disk and press the space bar . The Hot
Spare status changes to Yes.
Step 8: Repeat the preceding step to select a second global hot spare disk (optional).
Step 9: Press
C to create the hot spare disk. A menu window will appear.
NOTE
An error message will appear if the selected disk is not at least as large as the smallest disk
used in the existing array or arrays. An error message will also appear if you try to add a SATA
disk as a hot spare for arrays that use SAS disks, or if you try to add a SAS disk as a hot spare
for arrays that use SATA disks.
Step 10: Select Save changes and then exit this menu to create the hot spare disk or disks.