Because disk ownership and pool membership is determined by the hardware configuration, Data ONTAP automatically performs certain tasks at boot time and when new disks are added.
For all hardware-based disk ownership storage systems, Data ONTAP performs the following functions:
- Recognizes all of the disks at bootup or when they are inserted into a disk shelf.
- Initializes all new disks as spare disks.
- Automatically puts all new disks into a pool.
Note: Spare disks remain spare disks until they are used to create aggregates and are designated as data disks or as parity disks by you or by Data ONTAP.
