Promise Technology EX8650 User Manual
Chapter 5: Management with WebPAM PRO
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Managing Spare Drives
When a physical drive in a disk array fails and a spare drive of adequate capacity
is available, the disk array will begin to rebuild automatically using the spare
drive. See “Critical & Offline Logical Drives” on page 189.
is available, the disk array will begin to rebuild automatically using the spare
drive. See “Critical & Offline Logical Drives” on page 189.
Spare drive management includes the following functions:
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Viewing a List of Spare Drives
To view a list of spare drives:
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Click the Subsystem
icon in Tree View.
2.
Click the Spare Drives icon.
The information includes:
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ID – The unique ID number assigned to the spare drive.
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Operational Status – OK is normal. Can also show Rebuilding, Transition
Running, PDM Running, or Offline.
Running, PDM Running, or Offline.
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Physical Drive ID – The ID number of the physical drive assigned as a
spare
spare
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Capacity – The data storage capacity of this spare drive.
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Revertible – Yes or No. A revertible spare drive automatically returns to its
spare drive assignment after the failed physical drive in the disk array is
replaced. See “Transition” on page 185 for more information.
spare drive assignment after the failed physical drive in the disk array is
replaced. See “Transition” on page 185 for more information.
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Type – Global, can be used by any disk array. Dedicated, can only be used
by the assigned disk arrays.
by the assigned disk arrays.
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Dedicated to Disk Arrays – For dedicated spares, the disk arrays to which
they are assigned. Global spares show N/A.
they are assigned. Global spares show N/A.