Performing Common Tasks
3. Select Define/Undefine Hot-spare Drive. The cursor will
become active in the Bay/Array selection list.
4. Use the Up Arrow (↑) key or the Down Arrow (↓) key to
highlight the RDY (Ready) drive you want to define as the hot
spare; then press Enter. The RDY changes to HSP (Hot Spare).
You can press Enter again to toggle between HSP and RDY.
5. Press Esc when you have finished. The cursor will become
active in the Create/Delete Array/Log. Drive
6. If you want to create a disk array, go to “Creating a Disk
Array” on page 91.
7. If you are finished:
a. Select Exit or press Esc. A pop-up window will appear
asking you to confirm your change.
Note: The changes you make are not saved until you
confirm them by selecting Yes in the Confirm pop-up
window.
b. Select No if you do not want the drive you selected to be a
hot spare; select Yes to define it as a hot-spare drive.
c. Back up the disk-array configuration information to diskette.
See “Backing Up Your Disk-Array Configuration” on
page 122 for instructions.
Deleting a Disk Array
Attention: All the data and programs in the array are lost during
this procedure. Before proceeding, back up any data and programs
that you want to save.
To delete a disk array:
1. Start the ServeRAID configuration program (see “Starting the
ServeRAID Configuration Program” on page 86).
2. Select Create/Delete Array/Log Drive from the Main Menu.
3. Select Delete Disk Array from the Create/Delete Array menu.
The cursor will be active in the Array list.
4. Select the array that you want to delete.
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