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Reserving Disk Drives .
Fast-Write Cache .
Chapter 3. RAID Functions and Array States .
RAID Functions
Availability .
Disk Drives That Are Not in Arrays .
RAID-0 Array States .
Good State .
Offline State.
RAID-1 Array States .
RAID-5 Array States .
Good State .
Exposed State .
Degraded State
Rebuilding State .
Offline State.
RAID-5 Array State Flowchart .
RAID-10 Array States
Good State .
Exposed State .
Degraded State
Rebuilding State .
Offline State.
Unknown State .
Multiple States .
Chapter 4. Using the SSA SMIT Menus .
Getting Access to the SSA Adapters SMIT Menu
Getting Access to the SSA Disks SMIT Menu.
Getting Access to the SSA RAID Arrays SMIT Menu .
Chapter 5. Hot Spare Management
Deciding how to Configure Hot Spare Disk Drive Pools
Choosing How Many Hot Spare Disk Drives to Include in Each Pool .
Choosing the Error Threshold (Alarm) Level for a Hot Spare Pool .
Rules for Hot Spare Disk Drive Pools .
Solving Hot Spare Pool Problems
Chapter 6. Using the RAID Array Configurator .
Installing and Configuring SSA RAID Arrays .
Getting Access to the SSA RAID Arrays SMIT Menu .
Adding an SSA RAID Array.
Deleting an SSA RAID Array .
Creating a Hot Spare Disk Drive .
Changing or Showing the Status of a Hot Spare Pool .
Showing the Disks That Are Protected by Hot Spares .
Listing the Disks That Are in a Hot Spare Pool .
Adding a New Hot Spare Pool.
Adding Disks to, or Removing Disks from, a Hot Spare Pool.
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