Dell PERC13 and PERC12 User’s Guide PERC H975 Series and PERC H965 Series cards

Assigning a global hot spare

To assign a global hot spare from the HII Configuration Utility, do the following:

1. Navigate to the PERC Configuration Utility.
2. Click Main Menu > Device Management > Logical Enclosure <enclosure Number>. An enclosure number can be 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on.
   All the hard drives associated with the selected enclosure are listed.
3. Select the hard drive.
4. From the Operations list, select Assign Global Hot Spare.
5. Click Go.
6. When prompted to indicate if you want to assign the selected PDs as hot-spares, select the Confirm check box, and then click Yes.
   The PDs are assigned as global hot spare devices.