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<div class="Heading1"><a name="1115045">Setting the Auto-Rebuild Policy</a></div>
<div class="BodyAfterHead"><a name="1115046">The Auto-Rebuild policy determines how the controller firmware will attempt </a>to rebuild degraded units.</div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1081965">When Auto-Rebuild is disabled, only spares will be automatically used to </a>rebuild degraded units. When Auto-Rebuild is enabled, the firmware will select drives to use for automatically rebuilding a degraded unit using the following priority order.</div>
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<div class="Body"><a name="1081969">Enabling Auto-Rebuild allows you to add a drive to the controller and have it </a>be available for a rebuild, without having to specify it as a spare. </div>
<div class="Body"><a name="1081970">With Auto-Rebuild enabled, if you accidentally disconnect a drive (causing </a>the controller to see it as a failed drive) and then reconnect it, the controller will automatically try to use it again. </div>
<div class="ToDo"><a name="1259134">To enable Auto-Rebuild through 3DM2</a></div>
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<div class="NumberedFirst_inner"><a name="1259135">Choose </a><span class="UI-Element">Management &gt;&gt; Controller Settings</span> from the menu bar in 3DM2.</div>
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<div class="Numbered_inner"><a name="1259136">In the Other Controller Settings section at the bottom of the screen, select </a>the <span class="UI-Element">Enabled</span> option for <span class="UI-Element">Auto-Rebuild</span>.</div>
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