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7.4.3  Hot Spare Management 
Steps: 
1.  Enter the Hot Spare Settings interface of the hot spare device again. 
The connected working device is displayed on the device list. Check the checkbox to select the working 
device from the list, and click the button Add to link the working device to the hot spare device. 
 
Up to 32 working devices can be linked to one hot spare device 
   
Figure 7. 31 Link Working Device to Hot Spare Device 
 
2.  You can view the working status of the hot spare device on the Working Device Status list.   
When the working device works properly, the working status of the hot spare is displayed as No record. 
 
Figure 7. 32 Working Status of Hot Spare Device-1 
 
When the working device gets offline, the hot spare device will record the video of the IPCs connected to the 
working device for backup. 
 
Figure 7. 33 Working Status of Hot Spare Device-2 
 
When the working device comes online, the lost video files will be restored by the record synchronization