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Galaxy G3G12 / G3G16 - Installation and Hardware Reference Manual
182 Section 5 Management with CLU
5.14 Managing Spare Drives
Spare Drive Management includes the following functions:
• Viewing a list of Spare Drives
• Creating a Spare Drive
• Making Spare Drive Settings
• Running Spare Check
Deleting a Spare Drive
Caution
If the spare drive you delete is the only spare, the controller will
not rebuild a critical array until you provide a new spare drive.
Viewing a list of Spare Drives
To view a list of spare drives:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Additional Info and Management and press Enter.
2. 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” in chapter 7 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
Creating a Spare Drive
Only unconfigured physical drives can be used to make spares. Check your available drives under Physical
Drive Management. See