SUPER MICRO Computer AOCS2308LL8E Manuel D’Utilisation

AOC-USAS-L8i Add-on Card User’s Manual

Hotspares are disk drives that are available to automatically replace failed drives in a 
RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10 virtual disk. Each virtual disk can have one dedicated 
hotspare. 

For more information, see the software Help file for more information.

To add a global hotspare disk, follow these steps:

1. In the left panel of the M

EGA

RAID S

TORAGE

 M

ANAGER

 window, right click the icon of 

any unused disk drive.

2. Click on the O

PERATIONS

 tab of the M

EGA

RAID S

TORAGE

 M

ANAGER

 window to 

display the tab (

3. In the left pane of the tab, select the M

AKE

 G

LOBAL

 H

OTSPARE

 option.

4. In the right pane of the tab, select your preferred A

FFINITY

 option (N

O

 A

FFINITY

 or 

W

ITH

 A

FFINITY

).

5. Press the Go button to create your hotspare disk.