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VIA VT8237 Serial ATA RAID Introduction

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Create and Delete Spare Hard Drive

If a RAID 1 array is created and there are drives that do not belong to other arrays, the

one that has a capacity which is equal to or greater than the array capacity can be

selected as a spare drive for the RAID 1 array. Select Create/Delete Spare and

press <Enter>, the channel column will then be activated. Select the drive that you

want to use as a spare drive and press <Enter>, the selected drive will be marked as

Spare. The spare drive cannot be accessed in an OS.

To delete a spare drive, highlight Create/Delete Spare and press <Enter>. The spare

drive will be highlighted, press <Enter> to delete the spare drive.

View Serial Number of Hard Drive

Highlight Serial Number View and press <Enter>. Use arrow key to select a drive,

the selected drive’s serial number can be viewed in the last column. The serial number

is assigned by the disk drive manufacturer.

Press the F1 key to show the array status on the lower screen. If there are no disk

arrays then nothing will be displayed on the screen.