Designating A Global Hot Spare - Adaptec Storage Manager User Manual

Chapter 9: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares

Designating a Global Hot Spare

This section describes how to designate a global hot spare before or
after you build a logical drive.
Note: To designate a global hot spare while you're creating a logical
drive, see Step 6 on page
To designate a global hot spare:
In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a
1
global hot spare.
In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to
2
designate as a hot spare. (See
help selecting a disk drive.)
Click the Create global hot-spare drive button (shown at right).
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A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive, indicating that it's
designated as a hot spare. (A yellow plus sign indicates an error. See
What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean? on page 93
problem.)
Any other logical drives created on the controller will automatically
be protected by that global hot spare.
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Hot Spare Limitations on page 90
for help solving the
Hot spare
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for