Assigning Physical Disk as Dedicated Spare Drive
You can assign spare drives that can be used for Rebuilding Degraded Array. Dedicated spare drives are used exclusively for rebuilding a specific array. Only an unconfigured physical disk can be assigned as a spare drive. A physical disk which is either fully or partially configured cannot be used as a spare drive.
To assign physical disk as global spare drive
1. Select Physical Disk.
2. Roll-over the Operation tab, and select Set as Dedicated Spare Drive, as shown in Figure 1.
A screen appears, as shown in Figure 2, prompting you to select the array.
Figure 1 Assigning Physical Disk as Dedicated Spare Drive
3. Select the array by clicking on it., as shown in Figure 2.
Upon selection, an check-mark appears next to the array icon, as shown in Figure 3.
4. Click Submit, as shown in Figure 3, to create the dedicated spare drive.
MSU confirms the change by updating the Status of the physical disk in the Property tab.
To release a physical disk from spare drive status
1. Select an unconfigured Dedicated Spare Drive.
2. Roll-over the Operation tab, and select Unset as Dedicated Spare Drive.
MSU confirms the change by updating the Status of the physical disk in the Property tab.