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SnapSAN 3000/5000 Disk Array User Guide
Initialization by SnapSAN Manager Initialization Wizard
Binding a Hot Spare
This section explains how to bind a hot spare.
The Hot Spare Bind page has the view display and the list display. The displays can be
switched by clicking the tabs.
Parameter
Description
List
By default, the List view is displayed. The List view
displays a list of physical disks available to bind a
spare. Select the specified check box of the physical
disk for which hot spare will be bound.
View
Click this tab for the visual display of physical disks
available to bind a spare. Select the specified check
box of the physical disk for which hot spare will be
bound.
Pool list
Select a physical disk to create a hot spare.
When you select the physical disk for hot spare
binding, Enabled is displayed under the Enable Hot
Spare field of the Pool list. Pools that are enabled by a
newly bound hot spare are shown in bold.
Enable the copy back mode
Select this option to enable copy back mode.
When a faulty disk is replaced by a new disk, copy
back mode automatically copies back the data to the
new disk.
Perform the following steps to bind a hot spare:
1. Select one or more physical disks for hot spare binding.
When you select the physical disks, pools with Enable Hot Spare are displayed in bold
letters.
CAUTION: For slots having no physical disks, the slot names and check boxes are grayed out
in the view display, and the slots are not listed in the list display. For physical disks for which
a pool has been bound, the check boxes are grayed out in the view display, and the disks are not
listed in the list display.
2. Click Set to display the following confirmation message.
3. Click Yes to perform hot spare binding.
When the hot spare binding is completed, the result dialog box appears.
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Parameter
Description
Bind another hot spare
Click this hyperlink to reopen the Hot Spare Bind
page to bind another hot spare.
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