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Adding/Deleting Hot Spares, Deleting Arrays, Enabling/Disabling Write Cache

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Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 71 Deleting Arrays ! Caution: Back up the data on an array before you delete it. Otherwise, all data on the array is lost. Deleted arrays cannot be restored. To delete an existing array: 1 From the ACU menu, select Manage Arrays. 2 Select the array you wish to delete, then press Delete. 3 In the Array Properties dialog box, select Delete, then press Enter. For RAID 1 and 10 arrays: Warning: Deleting the array will render array unusable. Do you want to delete the array? (Yes/No): For RAID 0 arrays: Warning: Deleting the array will result in data loss! Do you want to delete the array? (Yes/ No): 4 If you press Yes, select the member: To delete the partition table, choose the member: member #0, member #1, both, none 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu. Enabling/Disabling Write Cache To Enable/Disable Write Cache for an array: 1 From the Main menu, select Manage Arrays. 2 From the List of Arrays, select the array you want to modify the Write Cache setting for, then press Ctrl+W. A confirmation dialog appears to modify setting. Press Y to change the current Write Cache setting. Note: Write Cache is disabled by default when creating all array types. The disk operation may be very slow with Write Cache off. Adding/Deleting Hot Spares Select the Add/Delete Hot Spares option to add, delete, or view hot spares. 1 From the ACU menu, select Add/Delete Hot Spares. 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you want to designate as a hot spare, then select Insert>Enter. 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed: Do you want to create spare? (Yes/No) The Spare you have selected appears in the Selected Drive menu.

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Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility
●
71
Deleting Arrays
Caution:
Back up the data on an array before you delete it. Otherwise, all data on the array is
lost. Deleted arrays cannot be restored.
To delete an existing array:
1
From the ACU menu, select
Manage Arrays
.
2
Select the array you wish to delete, then press
Delete
.
3
In the Array Properties dialog box, select
Delete
, then press
Enter
.
For RAID 1 and 10 arrays:
Warning:
Deleting the array will render array unusable. Do you want to delete the array?
(Yes/No):
For RAID 0 arrays:
Warning:
Deleting the array will result in data loss! Do you want to delete the array? (Yes/
No):
4
If you press
Yes
, select the member:
To delete the partition table, choose the member:
member #0, member #1, both, none
5
Press
Esc
to return to the previous menu.
Enabling/Disabling Write Cache
To Enable/Disable Write Cache for an array:
1
From the Main menu, select
Manage Arrays
.
2
From the List of Arrays, select the array you want to modify the Write Cache setting for,
then press
Ctrl+W
. A confirmation dialog appears to modify setting. Press
Y
to change the
current Write Cache setting.
Note:
Write Cache is disabled by default when creating all array types. The disk operation may
be very slow with Write Cache off.
Adding/Deleting Hot Spares
Select the
Add/Delete Hot Spares
option to add, delete, or view hot spares.
1
From the ACU menu, select
Add/Delete Hot Spares
.
2
Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight the disk you want to designate as a hot spare,
then select
Insert>Enter
.
3
Press
Yes
when the following prompt is displayed:
Do you want to create spare? (Yes/No)
The Spare you have selected appears in the Selected Drive menu.
!