MD3200i Shutdown with a Hot Spare in operation

I have to shutdown our MD3200 to make some network modifications tied-  iSCSI and vCenter (replacing a switch)
One of the MD3200 drives failed and the hot spare is being used (RAID 5).
Is it safe to bring down the Md3200 while the hot spare is in operation ?
thanks

Hello SJNAPL,
If the drive failed a few months back then it has most likely been copied to the hotspare.  You should be able to use MDSM & go to the Physical Tab & select the hotspare drive & it will list the drive that it is covering.
Once you get your replacement drive and insert it into your MD3200i the MD will sense the drive & should start the copy back to the replacement drive.  Now the time that it will take is hard to say as it depends on the size of the drive and how much activity is on the virtual disk.
Once the replacement disk has the data from the hotspare then the hotspare should go back to being a hotspare drive again & you can view this also in the summary window of MDSM& the Physical Tab as well.
Please let us know if you have any other questions.

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