Assigning spare drives

A spare is a drive that automatically replaces a failed drive in a logical drive.

Prerequisites

A spare drive must meet the following criteria.

  • It must be an unassigned drive or a spare drive for another array.

  • It must be the same type as existing drives in the array (for example, SATA or SAS).

  • The drive capacity must be greater than or equal to the smallest drive in the array.

Procedure
  1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > controller > Array Configuration > Manage Arrays > array > Manage Spare Drives.
  2. In the Manage Spare Drives screen, select the spare activation type:

    • Assign Dedicated Spare

    • Assign Auto Replace Spare

  3. Select the drive that you want to assign as a spare.
    NOTE:

    Only drives that meet the criteria listed in the prerequisites are displayed.