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VessRAID 1000i Series Product Manual
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3. Click the Spare Drive icon.
In Management View, the Enclosure Front View diagram appears with the
location of the spare drive highlighted.
Creating a Spare Drive
To create a spare drive:
1. Click the Subsystem icon in Tree View.
2. Click the Spare Drives icon.
3. Click the Create tab in Management View.
4. Choose a spare type, Global or Dedicated.
Global can be used by any disk array. Dedicated can only be used by the
assigned disk arrays
5. Click the Next button.
6. To make a revertible spare drive, check the Revertible box.
A revertible spare drive can be returned to spare drive status after it replaces
a failed drive in a disk array. See “Transition” on page 273 for more
information.
7. To enable Media Patrol on this spare drive, check the Enable Media Patrol
box.
8. Dedicated spares only. From the Media Type dropdown menu, choose the
physical drive type used in the array.
• HDD – Hard Disk Drives
• SSD – Solid State Drives
The drive type you selected appears in the list of Physical Drives. You
cannot mix HDDs and SSDs in the same disk array.
9. In the Physical drives field, highlight the physical drive you want to assign as
a spare drive in the Available list and press the >> button to move the drive
to the Selected list.
You can also double-click drives to move them.
Important
• There must be an unconfigured physical drive available for
selection as a spare drive. See “Viewing a List of Physical
Drives” on page 105.
• Be sure the unconfigured physical drive has adequate
capacity to replace the largest drive in the disk array.