VTrak E-Class Product Manual - Promise Technology, Inc.

VTrak E-Class Product Manual
Managing Spare Drives
Spare Drive Management includes the following functions:
• Viewing a list of Spare Drives (page 190)
• Creating a Spare Drive (page 190)
• Making Spare Drive Settings (page 191)
• Running Spare Check (page 191)
• Deleting a Spare Drive (page 192)
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” on page 257 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 “Managing Physical
Drives” on page 162.
1. From the Main Menu, highlight Additional Info and Management and press
Enter.
2. Highlight Spare Drive Management and press Enter.
3. Highlight Create New Spare Drive and press Enter.
4. Highlight Physical Drive Number and press the backspace key to erase the
current value, then type the new value.
Specify the number of the physical drive you want for your spare. The
available drive numbers are in parentheses.
5. Highlight Revertible and press the spacebar to toggle between Yes and No.
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