Dedicated spare drives provide protection to one or more specified arrays on the controller. If you select an Unconfigured Good drive, you have the option of assigning it as a dedicated spare drive. Perform these steps to assign a dedicated spare drive.
- Navigate to the Controller dashboard and click the Drives tab.
All of the associated drives appear.
- Expand Unconfigured Drives and select an unconfigured good drive.
- Select > > .
The Arrays dialog appears.
- Select an array and click Add Dedicated Spare Drive.
A confirmation message appears.
- Click Done.
The unconfigured good drive is changed to a dedicated spare drive. The status of the unconfigured good drive appears as a dedicated spare drive in the Spare Drives section.