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5 - Configuring Spare Disks

Spare disks can be used to rebuild redundant RAID arrays in the case of failure.

To configure spare disks, highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Spare

Management” function. The Spare Management window will appear.

To add a spare disk, select it from the Available Disk list box and click the

button

to add the disk to the Spare Pool list box.

To remove a spare disk, select it from the Spare Pool list box and click the

button

to remove the disk from the Spare Pool list box.

6 - Recovering/Verifying Arrays

When an array member (hard disk) of a redundant array fails, the array will be marked

as “broken”.

Broken arrays can be automatically rebuilt using hot-spare disks (see page 4-15).

However, if there are no available spare disks, you can still rebuild the array by

adding a new disk to it. To add a disk to a broken array:

1. Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Array Management”

function.

2. Highlight the broken array that needs to be rebuilt.

3. Click the Add Disk button on the toolbar or select “Add Disk” command from the

“Operation” menu.

4. If the disk is successfully added to the array, rebuild process will start

automatically.

Note: In some instances, a failed array will not rebuild automatically.

To manually start the rebuild process for a broken/critical array:

1. Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Array Management”

function.

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