Users Guide
To unassign a dedicated hot spare:
1. Click the disk in the Disks currently configured as dedicated hot spare table to unassign it. On some controllers, more than one disk can be selected.
Clicking the disk removes the disk from the Disks currently configured as dedicated hot spare table and returns it to the Connector (channel or port)
table.
2. Click Apply Changes when ready.
To locate this task in Storage Management:
1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2. Expand a controller object.
3. Select the Virtual Disks object.
4. Select Assign Dedicated Hot Spare or Unassign Dedicated Hot Spare from the Available Tasks drop-down menu.
5. Click Execute.
Virtual Disk Task: Replace Member Disk (Step 1 of 2)
Does my controller support this feature? See "Supported Features."
You can copy data from a physical disk, which is a member of a virtual disk, to another physical disk by providing a Replace Member Configuration option. You
can initiate multiple copies of data from different array groups.
The source physical disk should be part of a virtual disk and in the Online state. Also, the virtual disk should not be fully degraded.
The destination physical disk should be in the Ready state, available to be written to, and of appropriate size and type.
To Replace a Member Disk: (Step 1 of 2)
1. Select the physical disk in the Connector table that you want to replace.
2. Select the destination disk in the Disks available for replace member operation table.
3. Click Apply Changes. If you want to exit without replacing the member disk, click Go Back To Virtual Disk Page.
You can view the progress of the Replace Member Disk task on the Physical Disk Details page. For more information, see "Physical Disk Properties and
Tasks."
To locate this task in Storage Management:
1. Expand the Storage tree object to display the controller objects.
2. Expand a controller object.
NOTE: This feature is supported only on SAS and SATA controllers with firmware versions 6.1 and later.
NOTE: You must also enable the Revertible Hot Spare option to use Replace Member Disk task.
NOTE: The destination physical disk can also be an available hot spare.
CAUTION: If you choose a hot spare as the destination physical disk, your virtual disk will be without a hot spare, unless you assign one.
NOTE: You can select only one source/destination physical disk at a time.
NOTE: For PERC H700 and PERC H800 controllers, if any of the drives you selected is in the spun down state, the following message is displayed: "The
below listed physical drive(s) are in the spun down state. Executing this task on these drive(s) will take additional time, because the drive(s) need to
spun up." The message displays the ID(s) of the spun down drive(s).