Controller Details Dialog Box; Drive Blinking And Drive Set As Hot Spare Examples - HP StorageWorks 1000 - Modular Smart Array User Manual

Figure 86

Controller Details dialog box

3. (Optional) Manage the disk drives by right-clicking a drive icon to open a shortcut menu. The shortcut
menu may contain the following items (not all menu items are available for every disk drive):
• Set Drive as Hot Spare—Click this to designate the selected drive as a standby drive in case another
drive fails.
• Remove Drive as Hot Spare—Click this to return the selected drive to the pool of drives available for
logical disk creation.
• Blink Drive (MSA storage only)—Click this to begin blinking an LED indicator on the drive so that
you can identify it.
• Stop Drive Blinking (MSA storage only)—Click this to stop blinking the LED indicator that you have
previously set to blink.
• Set Drive Status—Click this to open the Set Drive Status dialog box
(for example, available, offline, not ready, or failed).
• Drive Details—Click this to open the Drive Details dialog box
selected disk drive, including its name, status, identifier, health, bus, slot, and size. Additional
details include the storage pool name, RAID type, and a list of its logical disks.
Figure 87

Drive blinking and drive set as hot spare examples

118 Managing storage subsystems
(Figure 87 shows an example.)
(Figure 87 shows an example.)
Flashing red light indicates drive set to blinking
Orange bar indicates drive set as hot spare
(Figure 88) and select a status
(Figure 89) and view details of the