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Chapter 6: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares ● 82 Designating a Global Hot Spare This section describes how to designate a global hot spare before or after you build a logical drive. Note: To designate a global hot spare while you're creating a logical drive, see Step 6 on page 50. To designate a global hot spare: 1 In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a global hot spare. 2 In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to designate as a hot spare. (See Hot Spare Limitations for help selecting a disk drive.) 3 Click the Create global hot-spare drive button (shown at right). A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive, indicating that it's designated as a hot spare. (A yellow plus sign indicates an error. See What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean? on page 83 for help solving the problem.) Hot spare Any other logical drives created on the controller will automatically be protected by that global hot spare.

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Chapter 6: Managing Logical Drives and Hot Spares
●
82
Designating a Global Hot Spare
This section describes how to designate a global hot spare before or after you build a logical drive.
Note:
To designate a global hot spare while you’re creating a logical drive, see
Step 6 on page 50
.
To designate a global hot spare:
1
In the Enterprise View, click the controller on which you want a global hot spare.
2
In the Physical Devices View, click the disk drive you want to designate as a hot spare. (See
Hot Spare Limitations
for help selecting a disk drive.)
3
Click the
Create global hot-spare drive
button (shown at right)
.
A plus sign appears beside the selected disk drive, indicating that it’s designated as a hot
spare. (A yellow plus sign indicates an error. See
What Do the Hot Spare Icons Mean?
on
page 83
for help solving the problem.)
Any other logical drives created on the controller will automatically be protected by that
global hot spare.
Hot spare