Users Guide

If you have assigned a physical disk as a global hot spare in Add to Pending Operation mode, the pending operation is created but a job is
not created. Then, if you try to unassign the same disk as global hot spare, the assign global hot spare pending operation is cleared.
If you have unassigned a physical disk as a global hot spare in Add to Pending Operation mode, the pending operation is created but a job
is not created. Then, if you try to assign the same disk as a global hot spare, the unassign global hot spare pending operation is cleared.
Assigning or Unassigning Global Hot spare Using Web Interface
To assign or unassign a global hotspare for a physical disk drive:
1. In the iDRAC Web interface, go to Overview > Storage > Physical Disks > .
The Setup page is displayed.
2. From the Controller drop-down menu, select the controller to view the associated physical disks.
3. To assign as a global hotspare, from the drop-down menus in the Action-Assign to All column, selectGlobal Hotspare for one or
more physical disks.
4. To unassign a hotspare, from the drop-down menus in the Action-Assign to All column, select Unassign Hotspare for one or more
physical disks.
5. From the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to apply the settings.
6. Click Apply.
Based on the selected operation mode, the settings are applied.
Related tasks
Choosing Operation Mode Using Web Interface
Assigning or Unassigning Global Hot spare Using RACADM
Use the storage subcommand and specify the type as global hot spare. For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line
Reference Guide available at dell.com/esmmanuals.
Related tasks
Choosing Operation Mode Using RACADM
Convert To RAID Capable Disk
This task enables a disk for all RAID operations.
If the physical disk drive(s) are in non-RAID mode, to convert them to RAID mode:
1. Press <Ctrl+R> while restarting the server, and then select the required controller.
2. Press <F2> and select the Convert to RAID capable option, and then complete the operation.
NOTE:
• This task is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode.
• This task is only supported as a staged operation.
Convert To Non-RAID Disk
This task converts a disk to a Non-RAID disk. After converting a disk to non- RAID, the disk is exposed to the operating system unlike
unconfigured good disks and it enables usage of disk in direct pass-through mode.
This task is supported on H310 and H330 controllers.
NOTE:
This task is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode.
Managing Virtual Disks
You can perform the following operations for the virtual disks:
• Create
• Delete
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