HP P3410A HP NetRAID Series User Guide - Page 49

Reclaiming a Hot Spare, Changing Logical Drive Parameters, Taking a Drive Offline/Online

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Chapter 2 HP NetRAID Assistant d. Return to the main menu of HP NetRAID Assistant. 5. Configure this Ready disk by using the Configuration Wizard. Reclaiming a Hot Spare If a physical drive has been configured as a Hot Spare, you can reclaim it and convert it to the Ready state at any time. 1. Select Configure from the main menu of HP NetRAID Assistant. 2. Select Wizard. 3. Select (highlight) the hot spare in the Logical Devices box. 4. Click the Reclaim box. 5. Use the Wizard to reconfigure this drive or accept the changes and save the new configuration. Changing Logical Drive Parameters You can change the following logical drive parameters at any time: • Cache • Read • Write Changing any of these parameters does not require reconstruction of your data. To change these logical drive parameters: 1. Click the Logical View button. 2. Select (highlight) the logical drive you want to change. 3. Choose Logical Drv from HP NetRAID Assistant's main menu. 4. Select Change Config. 5. Change the logical drive parameters. As long as you do not change the RAID level, your data will not be reconstructed. Taking a Drive Offline/Online An HP NetServer physical drive can be taken offline or put online in one of two ways: • You can remove or insert the disk drive by hand from an HP NetServer hot-swap bay. 43

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Chapter 2
HP NetRAID Assistant
43
d.
Return to the main menu of HP NetRAID Assistant.
5.
Configure this Ready disk by using the Configuration Wizard.
Reclaiming a Hot Spare
If a physical drive has been configured as a Hot Spare, you can reclaim it and
convert it to the Ready state at any time.
1.
Select
Configure
from the main menu of HP NetRAID Assistant.
2.
Select
Wizard
.
3.
Select (highlight) the hot spare in the Logical Devices box.
4.
Click the
Reclaim
box.
5.
Use the Wizard to reconfigure this drive or accept the changes and save the
new configuration.
Changing Logical Drive Parameters
You can change the following logical drive parameters at any time:
Cache
Read
Write
Changing any of these parameters does not require reconstruction of your data.
To change these logical drive parameters:
1.
Click the
Logical View
button.
2.
Select (highlight) the logical drive you want to change.
3.
Choose
Logical Drv
from HP NetRAID Assistant’s main menu.
4.
Select
Change Config
.
5.
Change the logical drive parameters. As long as you do not change the
RAID level, your data will not be reconstructed.
Taking a Drive Offline/Online
An HP NetServer physical drive can be taken offline or put online in one of two
ways:
You can remove or insert the disk drive by hand from an HP NetServer
hot-swap bay.