Scenarios

After hard drives of a server are configured with array properties, hot spare drives are configured to increase security and reduce impact on services caused by hard drive faults.

Prerequisites

Conditions

• The server has idle hard drives.
• You have accessed the Configuration Utility main screen. For details, see Logging In to the Configuration Utility.

Data

Data preparation is not required for this operation.

Procedure

Access the Configuration Utility main screen. For details, see Logging In to the Configuration Utility.

Enter the hot spare drive Configuration Utility.

1. On the Controller Operations main screen, select Logical Device Configuration and press Enter.

   The Logical Device Configuration screen is displayed, as shown in Figure 10-138.

   Figure 10-138 Logical Device Configuration screen
   

2. select Manage Arrays to display the array list, as shown in Figure 10-139.
   Figure 10-139 Array list
   

3. Select an array and press Enter to display the array operation list, as shown in Figure 10-140. The parameters are described in Table 10-23.
   Figure 10-140 Array operation list
   
   Table 10-23 Parameter description

   Parameter	Description
   Array Properties	Views array properties.
   Delete Array	Deletes an array.
   Force Online	Forcibly brings an array online.
   Cache Settings	Modifies array cache properties.
   Failover Assignment	Manages dedicated hot spare drives of an array.
   Rebuild Array	Rebuilds an array.

4. Select Failover Assignment and press Enter.

   The operation list is displayed.

5. Select Add Spares and press Enter.

   The hard drive list is displayed, as shown in Figure 10-141.

   [ ] indicates the hard drive can be configured as a hot spare drive.

   Figure 10-141 Hard drive list
   

6. Select a hard drive to be configured and press Enter.

   The drive status changes to [X].

7. Select ADD and press Enter.