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5.1 Defining a Hot Spare
To define a disk drive as a hot spare:
1. From the Main Menu screen, select SSA Adapter List.
2. The SSA Adapter List window opens:
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Select the adapter to which the disk drive that is to be the hot spare is attached. The hot spare can only be used by arrays
defined on that adapter.
3. The Adapter Menu window opens:
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¦ ¦ Abou¦ Bus X¦ Run Concurrent Diagnostics ¦ ¦
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Select Hot-spare disks.
4. A list of the hot spare disk drives that are controlled by the adapter is displayed.
Note: The list might not contain any hot spares.
SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.
Defining a Hot Spare
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