Using Spares

Two kinds of hot spare are supported: Dedicated spare and Global spare

To add a Dedicated spare
- Click here to see how to add a Global spare -


Dedicated Spare

1. As shown above, a spare can be included when creating a logical drive by selecting one of the "RAID level + Spare" options.

2.As shown below, a spare can be manually assigned to a configured array.

Step 1: From the configuration tree, select the Maintenance category, Physical Drives, and select an unconfigured drive in the Front View window.

Step 2: Follow the onscreen message to proceed. Single-click the Local Spare check circle and click the Next button below.

Step 3: Another message window should display. Select a logical drive from the Front View window. When a logical drive is selected, it is highlighted by a bright blue line around its members and its unique ID is displayed. Click Next to proceed.

Step 4: Double check the message at the confirm box and click the Finish button to complete the process.

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