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STEP 1
Figure 23. Global Hot-Spare Drop Menu
STEP 2
A popup box will appear for you to confirm the selection. Click Yes (see Figure
24 ).
Figure 24. Global Hot-Spare Confirmation Message
When completed, the drive is marked with a symbol like a globe .
For information about assigning dedicated hot-spares, please see the following
sections:
Assigning a Dedicated Hot-Spare, Assigning a Dedicated Hot-Spare
while Creating an Array , and Assigning a Dedicated Hot-Spare after Creating an
Array in the Reference section, Chapter 4.
Online Capacity Expansion
Online Capacity Expansion (OCE) or expanding an array means adding member
drives to the array configuration. More than one drive can be added in the same
capacity expansion operation; however, do not exceed a total of 16 drives per
array. The OCE process integrates the new member drives into the array
configuration by restriping existing data across them. The resulting array is larger
than the original array. Expanding the capacity of an array is a lengthy operation
that can take several hours; however, data is fully available during the process.
Capacity expansion of an array should not be confused with Increasing Logical
Volume Size, which is discussed in the next section.
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Right click on the
drive to be used as
the global hot-spare
Then click in the blue
box in the drop down
menu.
Right-click on an available drive (gray drive with light off). A drop
down menu will appear for the selected drive (see
Figure 23 ). Click on
the Global Hot-Spare check box.