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3ware Escalade Storage Switch User Guide a later time. If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, the designation and configuration is in effect from this point on. The spare drive will be displayed as a Hot Spare in the 3DM configuration page. 3DM Configure Page In order to designate an available drive as a spare from the 3DM configure page, you must ensure that the drive is not a JBOD drive. To designate a drive as a Hot Spare from this page, you must use one of the two following methods: 1 Install the drive at the operating system level while the system is powered. This should only be done with an approved and recognized drive-carrier swap. If you do not use an approved and recognized drive-carrier swap, connecting interface cables and power cables can/will crash the system from bus or power supply issues. 2 Shut down the system (Windows/Linux system shutdown); install the drive and do not go into the BIOS screen. When 3DM is invoked, the configuration page may show this drive as dead. Select Issue a Removed Drive and then select Add Spare. The drive should appear as a Hot Spare. Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool Reboot your system. During the boot phase, wait until you see a screen similar to Figure 6. 24 www.3ware.com

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3ware Escalade Storage Switch
User Guide
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a later time. If a spare is designated in the BIOS screen, the designa-
tion and configuration is in effect from this point on. The spare
drive will be displayed as a Hot Spare in the 3DM configuration
page.
3DM Configure Page
In order to designate an available drive as a spare from the 3DM
configure page, you must ensure that the drive is not a JBOD drive.
To designate a drive as a Hot Spare from this page, you must use
one of the two following methods:
1
Install the drive at the operating system level while the system is
powered. This should only be done with an approved and recog-
nized drive-carrier swap. If you do not use an approved and rec-
ognized drive-carrier swap, connecting interface cables and
power cables can/will crash the system from bus or power sup-
ply issues.
2
Shut down the system (Windows/Linux system shutdown);
install the drive and do not go into the BIOS screen. When 3DM
is invoked, the configuration page may show this drive as dead.
Select
Issue a Removed Drive
and then select
Add Spare
. The
drive should appear as a Hot Spare.
Invoking the 3ware BIOS tool
Reboot your system. During the boot phase, wait until you see a
screen similar to Figure 6.