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• Physical Drive ID – ID number of the physical drive chosen for this
spare
• Operational Status – OK means normal
• Spare Type – Global or Dedicated
• Physical Capacity – Total data capacity of the spare drive
• Revertible – Yes or No
• Configurable Capacity – Usable capacity of the spare drive
• Spare Check Status – Not Checked or Healthy
• Media Patrol – Enabled or Not Enabled
• Dedicated to Array – ID number of the disk array to which the spare is
dedicated
For more information, see “Spare Drives” on page 283.
Creating a Spare Drive Manually
This feature creates a spare drive only. You can also use the Wizard to create a
disk array with logical drives and spare drives at the same time. See Spare
Drives for more information.
This action requires Super User or Power User privileges.
To create a spare drive:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
3. Click the Create Spare Drive button.
4. For each of the following items, accept the default or change the settings as
required:
• Check the Revertible box if you want a revertible spare drive.
A revertible spare drive returns to its spare drive assignment after you
replace the failed physical drive in the disk array and run the Transition
function.
• Global – Can be used by any disk array
• Dedicated to newly created disk array – The disk array you are now
creating.
5. In the Select Physical Drives diagram, click a drive to choose it for your
spare.
The ID number for chosen drive appears in the field below the diagram.
6. Click the Submit button.
If you are done creating spare drives, click the Finish button.
To create another spare drive, click the Create More button.