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Intel® RAID Software User Guide 110
— If the battery does not support transparent learn, the following values appear in
the Learn Mode drop-down list:
G Automatic –
The firmware tracks the time since the last learning cycle and
performs a learn cycle when due. Write caching need not be disabled.
G Disabled –
The firmware does not monitor or initiate a learning cycle. You
can schedule learning cycles manually.
G Disabled (W
arning Only) – The firmware never initiates a battery learn
cycle but notifies you through events when a learn cycle is needed.
3. Press OK to change the learn mode.
7.13.12 Managing Dedicated Hot Spares
A dedicated hot spare is used to replace failed drives only in a selected drive group that
contains the hot spare. You can create or delete dedicated hot spares in the Virtual Drive
Management screen.
Perform the following steps to create or delete dedicated hot spares:
1. Navigate to a drive group in the VD Mgmt
screen, and press the F2 key.
2. Navigate to M
anage Dedicated Hotspare, and press Enter.
The Dedicated Hotspar
e dialog appears, which shows a list of all hot spares that
are available to create dedicated hot spares.
Figure 51. Dedicated Hotspare
3. Perform one of these steps:
— To create a dedicated hot spare, select a drive and press OK.
— To delete a dedicated hot spare, deselect the hot spare and press OK.