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57 Intel® RAID Software User Guide
Figure 11. Manage Volume Window
5. Select M
anage Hot Spares.
The Manage Hot Spares window appears.
6. Identify a disk that is not part of a RAID volume
(that is, the value in the Drive
Status column is not RAID) and that is not already identified as a hot spare disk.
A global hot spare disk must have 512-byte blocks and nonremovable media. The
disk type
must be either SATA with extended command set support or SAS with
SMART support.
7. Select the Hot Spr (Hot Spa
re) field for this disk, and press the space bar.
The Ho
t Spare status changes to Yes.
8. (Optional) Repeat the preceding step to
select a second global hot spare disk.
9. Press C to create the hot spare disk.
A menu window appears. An error message appea
rs if the selected disk is not at
least as large as the smallest disk used in the existing volume or volumes. An error
message also appears if you try to add a SATA disk as a hot spare for volumes that
use SAS disks, or if you try to add a SAS disk as a hot spare for volumes that use
SATA disks.
10. Select Save
changes then exit this menu to create the hot spare disk or disks.
The SAS3 BIOS CU pauses while it confi
gures the global hot spares.
6.2.3.2 Deleting a Hot Spare Disk
Follow these steps to delete a global hot spare disk:
1. Access the Manage Hot Spares window by following the first five
steps of the
previous section.
2. Select a hot spare disk for deletion, and press C.