Assigning A Dedicated Hot Spare Or Pool Hot Spare - Adaptec CDP-00278-02-A User Manual

4. Review the summary of protected logical drives, then click Finish.
Any other logical drives created on the controller will automatically be protected by that global hot
spare.

Assigning a Dedicated Hot Spare or Pool Hot Spare

A dedicated hot spare is assigned to one or more specific logical drives. A dedicated hot spare assigned
to protect more than one logical drive is called a pool hot spare.
Note: You must create the logical drive before you can assign a dedicated hot spare
to protect it.
To assign a dedicated spare or pool hot spare:
1. In the Enterprise View, select a controller then, in the Physical Devices tree, select the disk drive or
SSD you want to designate as a hot spare. (See
a disk drive.)
2. On the ribbon, in the Physical Disk group, click Assign Spare.
The Assign Spare wizard opens.
3. Select Assign as a Dedicated Spare, then click Next.
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