Assigning Dedicated Hot Spares

Dedicated hot spare drives provide protection to one or more specified drive groups on the controller. 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 Actions > Assign Dedicated Hotspare.

The Drive Groups dialog appears.

4.	Select a drive group and click Add Dedicated Hotspare.

A confirmation message appears.

5.	Click Done

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