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4.
Click Add Spare, and confirm by selecting OK from the pop-up window:
5.
The disk has now been assigned as a spare. Click OK to confirm:
6.
Disks added to the spare pool will be displayed under Spare Pool and can be removed by
checking the box before the target drive, then clicking the Remove Spare button.
7.
Physical drives marked as a spare will automatically be added to an array whenever there is a
disk failure. This feature minimizes the chances of a data loss by reducing the time an array is in
the critical status.
Logical Device
The Logical device including your RAID arrays and the individual disks your system detects.
Logical Device Information
Arrays you create and the properties associated with them will appear here.
Maintenance
Once an array has been created, the Maintenance menu provides options to maintain or edit it. To
access the Maintenance menu, click the Maintenance button towards the right-hand side of the array
name.
Array Information
Clicking on the maintenance button will show you the Array information box. Different array statuses
(normal, critical, disabled) will have different maintenance options.
