HP StorageWorks HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 (32-bit) Installation and Configuration Guide (AA-RV1XA-TE, March 2005)

FC Configuration Procedures
180 HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows Server
2003 (32-bit) Installation and Configuration Guide
2. Delete the desired disk drive entering the following command:
DELETE SPARESET DISKNNNNN
The RUN CONFIG command does not delete disks from the controllers’
device table if a disk has been physically removed or replaced. In this case,
you must use the command: DELETE DISKNNNNN.
3. Verify the contents of the spareset by entering the following command:
SHOW SPARESET
Enabling Autospare
With AUTOSPARE enabled on the failedset, any new disk drive that is inserted
into the PTL location of a failed disk drive is automatically initialized and placed
into the spareset. If initialization fails, the disk drive remains in the failedset until
you manually delete it from the failedset.
To enable autospare, use the following command:
SET FAILEDSET AUTOSPARE
To disable autospare, use the following command:
SET FAILEDSET NOAUTOSPARE
During initialization, AUTOSPARE checks to see if the new disk drive contains
metadata. Metadata is information the controller writes on the disk drive when the
disk drive is configured into a storageset. Therefore, the presence of metadata
indicates that the disk drive belongs to, or has been used by, a storageset. If the
disk drive contains metadata, initialization stops.
Note: A new disk drive will not contain metadata but a repaired or reused disk drive
might. To erase metadata from a disk drive, add it to the controller's list of devices, then
set it to be nontransportable and initialize it.