Figure 8.28 Creating a Global Hot Spare
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1. Select the Physical View tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID
Storage Manager window, and select the icon of an unused drive.
For each drive, the screen displays the port number, enclosure
number, slot number, drive state, drive capacity, and drive
manufacturer.
2. In the right panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window, select
the Operations tab.
3. Select Make Dedicated Hotspare or Make Global Hotspare, as
shown in
Figure
4. If you selected Make Dedicated Hotspare, select a drive group from
the list that appears in the right frame. The hot spare will be
dedicated to the drive group that you select.
Configuration
8.28.