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ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser 14.0 User's Guide

11.2.14 Creating a hot spare disk (manual operation)

While selecting a device unit, click the Hot Spare icon on the part stencil to open the hot spare disk operation window. The hot spare disk operation window is shown below.

  1. Create a hot spare disk or dedicated hot spare disk using the hot spare disk operation window as follows:Select the RAID level of the RAIDGroup to be created. Select the RAID level from [RAIDGroup / Hot Spare] - [RAID Level / Hot Spare]. If [Hot Spare] is selected here, a hot spare disk can be created.Also if [D. Hot Spare] is selected here, a dedicated hot spare disk can be created.

  2. Select the disks to be composed with the hot spare disk or dedicated hot spare disk. Clicking the button representing a disk puts the disk in the selected state, and clicking the button again deselects the disk.Select both the disks to be composed with the RAIDGroup and dedicated hot spare disk if create a dedicated hot spare disk.

  3. After selecting all necessary disks, click the <Make> button.

This completes the procedure for creating a hot spare disk or dedicated hot spare disk. A hot spare disk or dedicated hot spare disk can also be created using the RAIDGroup operation window.