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Adding Hotspare Disks

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c Click Yes to accept. The array displays in the top left panel under the heading Arrays. d If desired, reclaim the second virtual disk. e Click the checkbox next to one or two new arrays. The Virtual Disk Properties for the selected array(s) display in the right panel. f Change the properties for the virtual disk(s), as desired. g Click Accept to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk. h Click Next to go to the next configuration step. The Virtual Disk Summary window appears. i Check the configuration that you have just defined. If it is acceptable, click Finish and start the initialization process (unless you selected No Initialization earlier). Adding Hotspare Disks Hotspare disks are supported by the Dell PERC 5/i, PERC 6/i, and SAS 6/iR controllers. Hotspares are disk drives that are available to automatically replace failed drives in a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 virtual disk. Dedicated hotspares are available to only one virtual disk. Global hotspares are available to any virtual disk on a specific controller. NOTE: The SAS 6/iR controller supports global hotspares only. To add a global hotspare disk, follow these steps: 1 Select the Physical View tab in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager screen, and select the icon of an unused disk drive. 2 Select the Operations tab in the right panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager screen. 3 Select Make Global Hotspare. You can create dedicated hot spares when you create a new configuration with the Configuration Wizard. To add dedicated hotspares after running the Configuration Wizard, follow these steps: 1 Select the Physical View tab in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window and select the icon of an unused disk drive. 2 In the right panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window, select the Operations tab and select Make Dedicated Hotspare. 34 Configuration

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Configuration
c
Click
Yes
to accept. The array displays in the top left panel under the
heading Arrays.
d
If desired, reclaim the second virtual disk.
e
Click the checkbox next to one or two new arrays. The Virtual Disk
Properties for the selected array(s) display in the right panel.
f
Change the properties for the virtual disk(s), as desired.
g
Click
Accept
to accept the configuration of the new virtual disk.
h
Click
Next
to go to the next configuration step. The Virtual Disk
Summary window appears.
i
Check the configuration that you have just defined. If it is acceptable,
click
Finish
and start the initialization process (unless you selected
No
Initialization
earlier).
Adding Hotspare Disks
Hotspare disks are supported by the Dell PERC 5/i, PERC 6/i, and SAS 6/iR
controllers. Hotspares are disk drives that are available to automatically
replace failed drives in a RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 6 virtual disk.
Dedicated
hotspares
are available to only one virtual disk.
Global hotspares
are available
to any virtual disk on a specific controller.
NOTE:
The SAS 6/iR controller supports global hotspares only.
To add a global hotspare disk, follow these steps:
1
Select the
Physical View
tab in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID
Storage Manager screen, and select the icon of an unused disk drive.
2
Select the
Operations
tab in the right panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage
Manager screen.
3
Select
Make Global Hotspare
.
You can create dedicated hot spares when you create a new configuration with
the Configuration Wizard. To add dedicated hotspares after running the
Configuration Wizard, follow these steps:
1
Select the
Physical View
tab in the left panel of the Dell SAS RAID
Storage Manager window and select the icon of an unused disk drive.
2
In the right panel of the Dell SAS RAID Storage Manager window, select
the
Operations
tab and select
Make Dedicated Hotspare
.