Swapping Two Virtual Disks; Managing The Hot Spare Disks; Assigning The Global Hot Spare Disks - Dell PowerEdge User Manual

3 Select each virtual disk in the Virtual Disks field that you want to delete. Press Insert to confirm each selection.
4 Press Enter.
CAUTION: Deleting a virtual disk permanently destroys all data that is on the virtual disk, as well as the virtual disk
itself. This action cannot be undone.
5 Press C to confirm the deletion.
NOTE: When a degraded or a failed virtual disk from one system is added to another system, and if the number of
virtual disks exceeds the maximum limit of 16, you cannot delete the virtual disks that are in the Normal or Ready state.

Swapping two virtual disks

1 Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility. See
2 In the Main Menu screen, select the Swapping Two Virtual Disks and press Enter.
3 Use the arrow keys to highlight a virtual disk at the Virtual Disk field. Press Insert.
4 Use the arrow keys to highlight another virtual disk. Press Insert.
5 Press Enter to swap the virtual disks.
NOTE: Only two virtual disks can be swapped at a time.
NOTE: When you create up to 16 virtual disks and swap the virtual disks using the BIOS Configuration Utility, the order
of the virtual disk in option ROM (OPROM) appears different from the order of the virtual disk in operating system.

Managing the hot spare disks

Manage Hot Spare(s) screen enables you to assign or unassign a global or dedicated hot spare(s).
1 Enter the BIOS Configuration Utility. See
2 In the Main Menu screen, use the arrow keys to select Manage Hot Spare(s) and press <Enter>.
The Manage Hot Spare(s) screen display:
• global hot spare disks
• dedicated hot spare disks

Assigning the global hot spare disks

A global hot spare disk is a backup physical disk that can be used by any redundant virtual disk. It is not assigned (dedicated) to any specific
virtual disk. Virtual disks can typically be rebuilt by using a global spare disk, as long as the global hot spare is not already part of the virtual
disk and has enough available capacity. Unlike a dedicated hot spare, a global hot spare can be assigned at anytime, even while tasks are
running on virtual disks.
NOTE: A hot spare can be created only if a physical disk is in the Ready or Normal state in the Physical Disks field. If the physical
disk is in the Online state, the disk is being used by a virtual disk and cannot be selected as a hot spare.
Perform the following procedure to assign a global hot spare disk:
1 Enter the BIOS Configuration utility. See
2 In the Main Menu screen, select the Manage Hot Spare and press <Enter>.
3 Select Assign Global Hot Spare(s). Press <Enter>.
4 Use the up or down arrow key to select a physical disk(s) to be used as a global hot spare(s). Press <Insert>.
5 Press <Enter> to add the global hot spare.
6 Press the <C> key to confirm the action.
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