Designating A Global Hot Spare - Adaptec RAID 3085 User Manual

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
To designate a global hot spare:
1
In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a global hot spare.
2
In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to designate as a hot spare. (See
Hot Spare Limitations for help selecting a disk drive.)
3
Click the Create global hot-spare drive button (shown at right).
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
page 84 for help solving the problem.)
Any other logical drives created on the controller will automatically be protected by that
global hot spare.
Chapter 6: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean? on
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