Adaptec SATA AND SCSI RAID CONTROLLERS Network Card User Manual


 
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Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility (ARC)
3 Select a drive, then press Insert to assign the drive as a hotspare.
The specified drive is displayed in the Assigned Hotspares
drives list.
4 Press Enter to save the hotspare assignment.
5 If you are finished managing hotspares, press Y (for yes) when
prompted to return to the main menu.
To remove an assigned hotspare from an array:
1 Select Manage Arrays from the main menu.
2
From the
List of Arrays
dialog box, select the array from which you
want to remove the assigned hotspare, then press
Ctrl+S
. The
Hotspare Management for Array dialog box is displayed, which
shows drives that can be assigned as hotspares and drives that are
already assigned as hotspares.
3 From the Assigned Hotspares drives list, select the drive to be
removed, then press Delete. The specified drive is displayed in
the Select Hotspares drives list.
4 Press Enter to save the removed hotspare assignment.
5 If you are finished managing hotspares, press Y (for yes) when
prompted to return to the main menu.
Initializing Drives
If a correctly installed disk does not appear in the disk selection list
for creating a new array, or it appears grayed out, you need to
initialize it.
Caution:
During initialization, all data is deleted from the disk.
Before proceeding, back up any data.
If the drive is already used in an array, initialization may
make the array unusable.
Do not initialize a disk that is part of a boot array. The boot
array is the lowest numbered array (normally 00) in the
List of Arrays dialog box. For information on determining
which disks are associated with a particular array, see
Viewing Array Properties on page A-5.
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