Adaptec 133U2 - AAA RAID Controller User Manual page 129

2
If the spare is in an enclosure that supports hot swapping,
remove the spare disk drive and replace it with another disk
drive. Issue the Rescan command, and then skip to Step 6.
3
If the spare is not in an enclosure that supports hot swapping,
pause I/O (see Pausing I/O to an Array Disk Drive on page 7-13).
4
Remove the spare and allow I/O to resume.
5
Pause I/O again, insert the replacement drive, and allow I/O
to resume.
6
Use Adaptec CI/O Management Software to mark the new
disk drive as a dedicated spare or a pool spare (see Creating
Dedicated Spares or a Spare Pool on page 5-14).
Follow these steps to replace a spare drive that is marked as down
by Adaptec CI/O Management Software. (This rarely occurs.
Usually, if a spare disk fails a regular test of spares, CI/O
automatically deletes the spare disk.)
1
If the array enclosure supports hot swapping, remove the
spare that is marked as down.
2
Insert the replacement drive and issue the Rescan command.
3
If the spare is in an enclosure that does not support hot
swapping, pause I/O. (Skip this step if the array enclosure
supports hot swapping).
4
Remove the spare and allow I/O to resume.
5
Pause I/O again.
6
Insert the replacement drive and allow I/O to resume.
7
Use Adaptec CI/O Management Software to mark the new
disk drive as a dedicated spare or a pool spare (see Creating
Dedicated Spares or a Spare Pool on page 5-14).
You can try to low-level format the spare disk that was marked
as down to see if you can re-use it.
Managing Arrays and Spares
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