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Managing Spares
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E.3.1 Adding a Spare to the Spare Pool
You can add up to eight drives to the spare pool to reconstruct any critical array on the Galaxy 65
Subsystem. After an array has started using a pool spare, other critical arrays are prevented from using
it. For a pool spare to be used, it must be at least as large as the smallest drive in the array.
To add a pool spare:
1 From the System Menu, select Pool Spare Menu and press Enter .
The Pool Spare Menu displays.
2 Select Add Pool Spare and press Enter .
The Select Drives screen displays.
To blink the selected drive, press B . The blink function is a toggle. Press B again to stop the blinking. You
can also blink more than one drive by selecting each drive and pressing B .
To toggle the display between the drive model number, serial number, and the node and WWN, press T .
3 Select each spare drive you want to add and press Enter.
E.3.2 Deleting a Spare from the Spare Pool
You can delete a spare from the spare pool at any time.
To delete a spare from the spare pool:
1 From the System Menu, select Pool Spare Menu and press Enter .
The Pool Spare Menu displays.
2 Select Delete Pool Spare and press Enter .
The Delete Pool Spare screen displays listing the drives assigned to the spare pool.
3 Select the pool spare you want to delete and press Enter.
E.3.3 Displaying the Spare Pool
You can display a list of all of the pool spares.
To display the spare pool:
1 From the System Menu, select Pool Spare Menu and press Enter .
The Pool Spare Menu displays.
2 Select Display Pool Spares and press Enter
The Display Pool Spare screen displays listing all disk drives assigned to the spare pool.
3 Press Esc to return to the Pool Spare Menu.