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Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 9 User’s Guide H330, H730, and H830

Removing global or dedicated hot spares

You can remove one global or dedicated hot spare at a time on the PD Mgmt screen. Perform the following steps to remove a global hot spare or dedicated hot spare:
  1. Press <Ctrl> <N> to access the PD Mgmt screen.
    A list of physical disks is displayed. The status of the each disk is displayed under the heading State.
  2. Press the down-arrow key to highlight a physical disk that is a hot spare.
  3. Press <F2> to display the menu of available actions.
  4. Press the down-arrow key to select Remove Hot Spare from the list of actions and press <Enter>.
    The physical disk is changed to the Ready state. The status of the physical disk is displayed under the heading State.
    NOTE:Try to use physical disks of the same capacity in a specific virtual disk. If you use physical disks with different capacities in a virtual disk, all physical disks in the virtual disk are treated as if they have the capacity of the smallest physical disk.
    NOTE:To remove additional global or dedicated hot spares, follow step 1 to step 4.

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