HP NetRAID 1Si Controller - Manual (Page 92)

Chapter 4 HP NetRAID Express Tools
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create a hot spare that is dedicated to one specific logical drive. Users with other
operating systems do not have the ability to create hot spares that are dedicated to
one logical drive.
Use one of the two methods described below to designate physical drives as
global hot spares.
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You can create a global hot spare by using the Objects selection from the
Management menu.
1. Choose Objects from the Tools Management menu.
2. Select Physical Drive. After scanning devices, the Physical Drive
selection window appears.
3. Use the arrow keys to select a Ready disk drive, and press Enter to
display the action menu for the selected drive.
4. Press the arrow keys to select Make Hot Spare and press Enter. The
indicator for the selected drive changes to HotSp.
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You can create a global hot spare while creating arrays in Easy
Configuration, New Configuration, or View/Add Configuration mode by
pressing F4.
Creating Arrays Using Available Physical Drives
HP NetRAID Express Tools has four configuration options to create arrays and
logical drives:
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Easy Configuration lets you create arrays and hot spares, but does not
modify an existing configuration. This selection lets you set the following
parameters: RAID level, size of logical drive, stripe size, Write policy,
Read policy, and Cache policy.
NOTE Easy Configuration does not permit array spanning. To do
array spanning, use the "New Configuration" selection.
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New Configuration clears the existing configuration on the adapter you
select and lets you create a new configuration. It does permit array
spanning. For each logical drive, you can modify these parameters: RAID
level, size of logical drive, stripe size, Write policy, Read policy, Cache
policy, and spanning of arrays.
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View/Add/Delete Configuration lets you view or add new logical drives
to an existing configuration.
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Clear Configuration deletes all existing configuration information for the
adapter you select.