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Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe
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Managing Spare Drives
Spare drive management includes:
• Viewing a List of Spare Drives (below)
• Viewing Spare Drive Information (page 141)
• Creating a Spare Drive Manually (page 142)
• Creating a Spare Drive with the Wizard, see “Creating a Disk Array with the
Wizard” on page 123
• Deleting a Spare Drive (page 143)
• Making Spare Drive Settings (page 143)
• Locating a Spare Drive (page 143)
• Running Spare Check (page 144)
• Running a Transition on a Spare Drive (page 144)
Viewing a List of Spare Drives
To view a list of spare drives:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
Spare Drive information displays, including:
• ID – Spare0, Spare1, etc.
• Operational Status – OK means normal
• Configurable Capacity – Usable capacity of the spare drive
• Physical Drive ID – ID number of the physical drive chosen for this
spare
• Revertible – Yes or No
• Spare Type – Global or Dedicated
• Dedicated to Array – ID number of the disk array to which the spare is
dedicated
Viewing Spare Drive Information
To view spare drive information:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
The list of spare drives appears.
3. Mouse-over the spare drive you want and click the View button.
Spare Drive information displays, including:
• Spare Drive ID – Spare0, Spare1, etc.