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options.
3. Select a controller from the Devices menu.
The Actions panel appears.
4. In the Actions panel, click Modify Spare Activation Mode.
5. From the menu, select one of the following modes:
o Failure Spare Activation
o Predictive Spare Activation
6. Click OK.
Changing the Spare Management mode
The Spare Management feature provides multiple methods for handling spare behavior. You can choose
from the following options:
Dedicated Spare Drives—When the failed data drive is replaced, it must be rebuilt from the data on the
spare drive. In Dedicated Spare Drives mode, one spare can be dedicated to multiple arrays.
Auto-Replace Drives—The spare for the failed data drive automatically becomes the replacement data
drive. When the spare is replaced, the data drive does not need to be rebuilt. In Auto-replace mode,
spare drives cannot be shared between arrays.
If assigning Auto-Replace Drives mode to an array with a RAID 0 drive, Spare Activation Mode must be set to
Predictive Spare Activation mode.
Procedure
1. Open SSA.
For more information, see "Using the SSA GUI."
2. Open the Configure panel by doing one of the following:
o Choose a device and click Configure in the quick navigation menu.
o Select an available device from the Home screen, and then click Configure under the available
options.
3. Select a controller from the Devices menu.
4. Select Create Array from the Actions panel.
The Array details screen appears.
5. Select a controller, drive type, and physical drives, and click Create Array.
6. Select settings for Create Plaintext Volume, RAID Level, Strip Size/Full Strip Size, Sectors/Track, Size,
and Caching. Click Create Logical Drive when complete.
7. Click Manage Spare Drives.
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