Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller CLI Reference Guide

Hot spare drive commands

The following commands create and delete hot spare drives:

perccli /cx[/ex]/sx add hotsparedrive [DGs=<N|0,1,2...>][enclaffinity][nonrevertible]
perccli /cx[/ex]/sx delete hotsparedrive

NOTE: If enclosures are used to connect the physical drives to the controller, specify the enclosure ID in the command.

The detailed description for each command follows.

This command creates a hot spare drive. You can use the following options to create a hot spare drive:

Table 1. Add hotsparedrive input optionsThis table lists and describes the add hotsparedrive input options.
Option	Value range	Description
dgs	Valid drive group number	Specifies the drive group to which the hot spare drive is dedicated.
enclaffinity	Valid enclosure number	Specifies the enclosure with which the hot spare is associated. If this option is specified, affinity is set; if it is not specified, there is no affinity. NOTE: Affinity cannot be removed after it is set for a hot spare drive.
nonrevertible		Sets the drive as a nonrevertible hotspare.

This command adds a hot spare drive.

Input example:

perccli /c0/e3/s4,5 add hotsparedrive

This command sets the drives /c0/e3/s4,5 as global hot spare.

Input example:

perccli /c0/e3/s6,8 add hotsparedrive dgs=0,1

This command sets /c0/e3/s6,8 as dedicated hot spare for disk groups 0,1.

This command deletes a hot spare drive.

Input example:

perccli /c0/e3/s4,5 delete hotsparedrive