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iDRAC 8/7 v2.30.30.30 User’s Guide

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Assigning or unassigning global hot spare using web interface

To assign or unassign a global hot spare for a physical disk drive:
  1. In the iDRAC web interface, go to Overview > Storage > Physical Disks > Setup . The Setup Physical Disk 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, select Global Hotspare for one or more physical disks.
  4. To unassign a hot spare, 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.

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