Chapter 8. Configuring Units
168 3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide
Adding a Drive through 3DM
Note: If you have a 9550SX or 9590SE controller, when you add a
drive to your system and connect it to the controller, it is
automatically detected and listed in 3DM and the CLI.
If you have a 9500S or 7/8000 controller, follow the steps below to
make a new drive available.
If you have a hot-swap carrier, you can add a drive to your system and make it
available through 3DM without powering down the system.
Without hot swap carriers, you should not add a drive via 3DM. Instead,
power down the system and add the applicable drives.
Warning: Physically adding a drive without a hotswap carrier and
without powering down your system can result in a system hang or
may even damage the system and the drive.
To add a drive through 3DM when you have hot-swap carriers
1 Connect the drive physically to the controller.
2 In 3DM, choose
Management > Maintenance.
3 On the Maintenance Page, click Rescan Controller.
The drive will appear in the list of available drives. You can now use it in
a new RAID configuration, or as a replacement drive in the event that
another drive degrades.
If you want to use this drive as a spare, see “Creating a Hot Spare” on
page 139.
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