Release Dedicated Hot Spare

Overview

This function releases a drive from being a Dedicated Hot Spare.

A drive that is released can be used as a data drive, a Global Hot Spare, or a Dedicated Hot Spare for another RAID group.

Caution
  • When the drive is already used as a hot spare, this function cannot be used.

Operating Procedures

  1. Select the drive that is to be released from being a Dedicated Hot Spare and click [Release Dedicated HS] in [Action].

    → A confirmation screen appears.

  2. Click the [OK] button.

    → Deletion of the Dedicated Hot Spare starts.

  3. Click the [Done] button to return to the [Drives] screen.