I have a CX3-40c running FLARE 24 which currently has 2 FC hot spares set up. I recently added a 15 drive 1 TB SATA II shelf and created two RAID 5 (6+1) and would like to use disk 14 as the hot spare.

I created a RAID Group with a high number (like my other hot spares) and as I look through the properties I see some differences and need to know if this is an active hot spare or not.

The 2 FC hot spares properties have the following:
General Tab
Total Capacity 268 GB
Free Capacity 0 GB
Hot Spare Replacing:Inactive
Expansion/Defrag Medium
Disk Tab
Shows the Hot spare as Inactive
Partition Tab
Shows all the space Bound

The new SATA Hot Spare
General Tab
Total Capacity 917 GB
Free Capacity 917 GB
Hot Spare Replacing:N/A
Expansion/Defrag Medium
Disk Tab
Shows the Hot spare as N/A in an unbound state
Partition Tab
Shows all the space Free

I cannot find in the user guide anything on binding a hot spare...is that my issue...that I have not bound it?

Also if I do have Hot Spare Replacing...how do I invoke that...it seems like a good thing to have according to the Hot Spares Best Practices...any feedback will be appreciated!