AMCC 9000 User Manual
Specifying the Unit Configuration
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If a hot spare is already enabled, you can disable it by following the
same process.
same process.
Note:
In order to replace a failed drive in a degraded
unit, a hot spare drives must have the same or larger
storage capacity than the failed drive.
storage capacity than the failed drive.
Enabling Auto-Carving for Units Larger Than 2 TB
If the capacity of your unit exceeds 2TB and you are using one of
the following operating systems, you will need to enable auto-
carving in order to make use of the full capacity:
the following operating systems, you will need to enable auto-
carving in order to make use of the full capacity:
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Linux 2.4
FreeBSD 4.x
You must turn on the 2TB Auto-Carving policy before creating the
unit. Units created with this policy turned off will not be affected. If
the policy is turned off later, units that have been carved into
volumes will retain their individual volumes; existing data is not
affected.
unit. Units created with this policy turned off will not be affected. If
the policy is turned off later, units that have been carved into
volumes will retain their individual volumes; existing data is not
affected.
To enable auto-carving
1
At the main 3BM screen, tab to Policy and press Enter.
2
On the Policy screen, tab to 2TB Auto-Carving, and change
the setting to “Enabled.”
the setting to “Enabled.”