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CHAPTER 4Installing and Using the NVIDIA MediaShield SoftwareRequirements for Designating a Spare DiskThe Designate Spare option on the Storage page appears only if all the followingconditions are met.• There must be at least two fault tolerant arrays already created.(Some OEMS allow a designated spare to be created when only one fault tolerant arrayexists.)• There must be at least one free disk with capacity equal to or greater than the smallestdisk in the given fault tolerant array.For example, if a mirror array is created with disk capacities of 40 GB and 80 GB, thereshould be at least one free disk available of capacity equal to or greater than 40GB to beused as a spare disk for that array.InstructionsClick Designate spare to start the Designate Spare Wizard and then follow instructions.You can press F1 to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with stepby‐stepinstructions.Remove a SpareThe Remove spare option appears only if you have a a RAID array with a spare diskallocated to it.Click Remove spare to start the Remove Spare Wizard and then follow the instructions.You can press F1 to access the online help that walks you through the Wizard with stepby‐stepinstructions.NVIDIA Corporation 37