FASTORA DAS-315SA Disk Array
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Designating Drives as Hot Spares
All unused disk drive that is not part of a raid set can be created as a Hot Spare.
The Quick Volume/Raid Setup configuration will automatically add the spare
disk drive with the raid level for user to select. For the Raid Set Function
configuration, user can use the
Create Hot Spare
option to define the hot
spare disk drive.
A Hot Spare disk drive can be created when you choose the
Create Hot Spare
option in the Raid Set Function, all unused physical devices connected to the
current controller appear: Select the target disk by clicking on the appropriate
check box.
Press the
Enter
key to select a disk drive, and press
Yes
in the Create Hot
Spare to designate it as a hot spare.
Using Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration
In
Quick Volume /Raid Setup Configuration
, it collects all drives in the tray
and includes them in a raid set. The raid set you create is associated with
exactly one volume set, and you can modify the default RAID level, stripe size,
and capacity of the volume set. Designating Drives as Hot Spares will also
show in the raid level selection option. The volume set default settings will be:
Parameter Setting
Volume Name
Volume Set # 00
SCSI Channel/SCSI
ID/SCSI LUN
0/0/0
Cache Mode
Write Back
Tag Queuing
Yes
Max Sync Rate
Depend your host adapter
setting
The default setting values can be changed after configuration is complete.
Follow the steps below to create arrays to set up
Quick Volume /Raid Setup
