HP 166207-B21 Smart Array 5300 Controller User Guide - Page 73

Adding Spare Drives, Assign Spare, Logical Configuration View, Enter, Array Options

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Configuring an Array Adding Spare Drives To add spare drives to an array, the array controller must have at least one attached drive that is either unassigned or is assigned as a spare to another array. You can: • Assign a different online spare to each array on the controller. • Share one online spare among several arrays on the same controller, for efficient use of drive capacity. • Assign several online spares to just one array. • Share several online spares among several arrays; this method provides the greatest amount of protection for the largest number of arrays. IMPORTANT: Assigning several spares to an array lets you postpone replacement of faulty drives, but it does not increase the fault-tolerance level of any logical drives in the array. For example, a logical drive in a RAID 5 configuration suffers irretrievable data loss if two physical drives fail simultaneously, regardless of the number of spare drives assigned. Any drive that you assign as an online spare for an array operates as the spare for every fault-tolerant logical drive within the array. When you select Assign Spare, only drives that qualify will be displayed; for example, drives with too small a capacity are not listed. If a drive that you expect to see is not listed, press the Tab key (to switch to the physical drive view) and check the capacity of the drive. To add a spare: 1. In the Logical Configuration View panel, highlight the array that needs a spare, and then press the Enter key. 2. Choose Assign Spare in the Array Options menu, and then press the Enter key. 3. Select the drive that you want as the spare, and then press the Enter key. 4. Press the Esc key to accept the new configuration and return to the main manual configuration screen. Compaq Smart Array 5300 Controller User Guide 7-31

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Configuring an Array
Compaq Smart Array 5300 Controller User Guide
7-31
Adding Spare Drives
To add spare drives to an array, the array controller must have at least one attached
drive that is either unassigned or is assigned as a spare to another array.
You can:
•
Assign a different online spare to each array on the controller.
•
Share one online spare among several arrays on the same controller, for efficient
use of drive capacity.
•
Assign several online spares to just one array.
•
Share several online spares among several arrays; this method provides the
greatest amount of protection for the largest number of arrays.
IMPORTANT:
Assigning several spares to an array lets you postpone replacement of faulty
drives, but it does
not
increase the fault-tolerance level of any logical drives in the array. For
example, a logical drive in a RAID 5 configuration suffers irretrievable data loss if two physical
drives fail simultaneously, regardless of the number of spare drives assigned.
Any drive that you assign as an online spare for an array operates as the spare for
every fault-tolerant logical drive within the array.
When you select
Assign Spare
, only drives that qualify will be displayed; for
example, drives with too small a capacity are not listed. If a drive that you expect to
see is not listed, press the
Tab
key (to switch to the physical drive view) and check
the capacity of the drive.
To add a spare:
1.
In the
Logical Configuration View
panel, highlight the array that needs a spare,
and then press the
Enter
key.
2.
Choose
Assign Spare
in the
Array Options
menu, and then press the
Enter
key.
3.
Select the drive that you want as the spare, and then press the
Enter
key.
4.
Press the
Esc
key to accept the new configuration and return to the main manual
configuration screen.