Running Spare Check; Drive - Asus DS300j G2 Series User Manual

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Spare drives are located in the same way as individual physical drives.
To locate a spare drive:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
The list of spare drives appears.
3. In the spare drive list, identify the physical drive ID number.
4. Click the Device tab.
5. Click the Physical Drive icon.
The list of physical drives appears.
6. Click the physical drive with the matching ID number and click the Locate button.
The drive carrier LED blinks for one minute.
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Spare Check verifies the status of your spare drives.
To run spare check:
1. Click the Storage tab.
2. Click the Spare Drive icon.
The list of spare drives appears.
3. Click the spare drive you want, then click the Spare Check button.
4. Click the Confirm button.
After the " Spare Check completed " message appears, click the View button to see Spare Check Status.
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Transition is the process of replacing a revertible spare drive that is currently part of a disk array with an
unconfigured physical drive or a non-revertible spare. You must specify an unconfigured physical drive of the
same or larger capacity and same media type as the revertible spare drive.
See "Transition" on page 77.
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To run a transition on a revertible spare drive:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the B ackground Activities icon.
The list of background activities appears.
3. Mouse-over Transition and click the Start button.
4. From the Source Physical Drive drop-down menu, choose a Source disk array and the revertible spare drive.
Arrays have an ID No. The revertible spare has a Seq. No. (sequence number).
5. From the Target Physical Drive drop-down menu, choose a Target unconfigured drive.
6. Click the Confirm button.
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To stop, pause or resume Transition:
1. Click the Administration tab.
2. Click the Background Activities icon.
The list of background activities appears.
3. Mouse-over Transition and click the Stop , Pause , or Resume button.
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