6.3 Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare

A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more arrays. It will protect any redundant logical drive on those arrays.

Note: You must create the array before you can assign a dedicated hot spare to protect it.

To assign a dedicated spare:

  1. In the Enterprise View, select a controller, an array on that controller, or a Ready physical drive.
  2. On the ribbon, in the Physical Device group, click Spare Management.
    The Spare Management wizard opens.
  3. Select the Dedicated spare type, then click Next.
  4. If you selected a physical drive in the Enterprise view, select the arrays you want to protect with a dedicated spare, then click Next.
  5. If you selected an array in the Enterprise view, select the physical drive(s) you want to dedicate as hot spares, then click Next. For details on SED support operations, see Spare Management. (See Hot Spare Limitations for help selecting drives.)
  6. Review the summary of dedicated spares and protected arrays, then click Finish.