Specifying A Hot Spare Through 3Bm; Naming A Unit - 3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Manual

Specifying a Hot Spare through 3BM

Naming a Unit

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1 On the main 3BM screen, in the list of
drive you want to use.
2 Type s to specify that the selected drive will be the hot spare.
You'll see the words "Hot Spare" appear next to the drive in the Available
Drives list.
Figure 54. Hot Spare Indicated
If a hot spare is already enabled, you can disable it by pressing s again.
3 If you are finished making changes in 3BM, press
and exit.
Note:
If the drive you designated as a spare is not large enough to replace a failed
drive in a fault-tolerant unit, or if there is not a fault-tolerant unit for the spare to
support, 3BM will notify you.
Units can be given unique names to more easily identify them. A unit can be
assigned a name when it is created. It can also be named or renamed at a later
time.
To name or rename a unit through 3DM
1 Make sure the appropriate controller is selected in the drop-down list at
the right of the menu bar.
2 Choose
Management > Controller Settings
3 In the Unit Names section of the Controller Settings page, locate the unit
for which you want to change the name.
Naming a Unit
Available Drives , highlight the
F8 to save the changes
from the menu bar in 3DM.
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