D Managing Raid With Hp Netraid Assistant; Rebuilding A Failed Physical Drive; Adding A Hot Spare; Adding A New Logical Drive - HP P3410A - NetRAID 1M RAID Controller User Manual

Chapter 2

D Managing RAID with HP NetRAID Assistant

Procedures for performing some of the most common RAID management
functions are described in this section. Many of the adapter's management
functions can be performed by using the drag-and-drop feature of the
HP NetRAID Assistant window.

Rebuilding a Failed Physical Drive

For complete information, see Chapter 5, "Reconstructing and Rebuilding
Drives."

Adding a Hot Spare

Hot spares can be global or dedicated. A global hot spare is available to every
array controlled by the adapter, while a dedicated hot spare is available only to a
specific array.
To make a global hot spare, you can use the drag-and-drop method or use
the menus.
To make a dedicated hot spare, you must use the menus.
Making a Global Hot Spare by Using the Drag-and-Drop Method
With at least one drive in the Ready state, drag a Ready drive icon to the Global
Hot Spare Pool icon.
Making a Hot Spare by Using the Menus
Follow these steps:
1. Select (highlight) the Ready drive.
2. Choose Change Status from the Physical Drive menu.
3. Select Make Hot Spare.
4. Click Global or Dedicated.
5. To make a dedicated hot spare, select the array to which you want to
dedicate the hot spare from the pull-down menu. Click OK.

Adding a New Logical Drive

If one or more of your physical drives are in the Ready state, you can use the
Wizard on the Configuration menu to add new logical drives to an existing
configuration.
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