Assigning Dedicated Hot Spares

Dedicated hot spare drives provide protection to one or more specified drive groups. Only one drive at a time may be assigned as a dedicated hot spare to a drive group.

If you select an Unconfigured Good drive, you have the option of assigning it as a dedicated hot spare drive.

Perform these steps to assign a dedicated hot spare.

  1. Navigate to the Controller dashboard, and click the Drives tab.
    All of the associated drives appear.
  2. Expand Unconfigured Drives, and select an unconfigured good drive.
  3. Select Element(s) Actions > Assign Dedicated Hot Spare.

    The Drive Groups dialog appears.

  4. Select the corresponding radio button of a drive group and click Assign Dedicated Hot Spare.

    A confirmation message appears. The unconfigured good drive is now changed to a dedicated hot spare. The status of the unconfigured good drive appears as a dedicated hot spare in the Hot Spares section.