Adaptec 5325302057 User Manual page 69

What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean?
Icon Explanation
Healthy global or dedicated hot spare
Hot spare is too small to protect the
pool(s) it's assigned to
Hot spare has been built into a pool
after disk drive failure
Deleting a Hot Spare
You can delete a hot spare. You may want to do this to:
• Make disk drive space available for a pool or logical device.
• Remove the 'hot spare' designation from a disk drive that is no longer being used
as a hot spare.
To remove or delete a hot spare:
In the Enterprise View, select the iSCSI Storage Appliance associated with the hot
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spare.
In the Physical Devices View, click the hot spare.
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In the menu bar, click
Actions
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The hot spare is deleted and the disk drive becomes available for other uses in
your IP SAN.
Protecting Your Data with Hot Spares
Action
No action required.
Designate larger disk drive as hot spare
Designate replacement or other available
disk drive as new hot spare
Delete hot-spare drive
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