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Chapter 5: Management with the CLU
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Managing Spare Drives
Spare Drive Management includes the following functions:
• Viewing a list of Spare Drives (page 193)
• Creating a Spare Drive (page 193)
• Making Spare Drive Settings (page 194)
• Running Spare Check (page 194)
• Deleting a Spare Drive (page 195)
Viewing a list of Spare Drives
To view a list of spare drives:
From the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter.
A list of the current spare drives appears, including the following parameters:
•ID number
• Operational Status
• Physical Drive ID number
• Configured Capacity
• Revertible – The spare drive returns to spare status after you replace
the failed drive in the disk array. See “Transition” on page 284 for more
information.
• Type – Global (all disk arrays) or Dedicated (to specified disk arrays)
• Dedicated to Array – The array to which a dedicated spare is assigned
For more information, see “Spare Drives” on page 283.
Creating a Spare Drive
Only unconfigured physical drives can be used to make spares. Check your
available drives under Physical Drive Management. See “Managing Physical
Drives” on page 176.
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight Create New Spare Drive and press Enter.
A default physical drive is shown with possible alternative choices.
3. To choose different drive, highlight the drive, press the backspace key to
remove the current number, then type a new number.
4. Highlight Revertible and press the spacebar to toggle between Yes and No.
A revertible drive can be returned to spare status after you replace the failed
drive in a disk array. See “Transition” on page 303 for more information.