Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller S130 User’s Guide

Assigning the global hot spare disks

Global hot spare disk is a backup physical disk that can be used by any redundant virtual disk. It is not assigned (dedicated) to any specific virtual disk. Virtual disks can typically be rebuilt by using a global spare disk, as long as the global hot spare is not already part of the virtual disk and has enough available capacity. Unlike a dedicated hot spare, a global hot spare can be assigned at anytime, even while tasks are running on virtual disks.

1. Enter the BIOS Configuration utility. See Entering the BIOS Configuration Utility.
2. In the Main Menu screen, select the Manage Hot Spare and press <Enter>.
3. Select Assign Global Hot Spare(s). Press <Enter>.
   NOTE: Assign global hot spare only from disk drives populated across slots 0-3 of the system. For information about the disk connectivity for AHCI devices, see Disk connectivity for AHCI devices, and for disks slot information, see the system specific Owner's Manual at dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
4. Use the up or down arrow key to select a physical disk(s) to be used as a global hot spare(s). Press <Insert>.
5. Press <Enter> to add the global hot spare.
6. Press the <C> key to confirm the action.