Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 12 User’s Guide PERC H965i Adapter, PERC H965i Front, PERC H965i MX, and PERC H965e Adapter

Assigning a global hot-spare

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

1. Enter the Dell PERC 12 Configuration Utility. See Navigate to the Dell PERC 12 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 physical disks associated with the selected enclosure are listed.
3. Select the physical disk.
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.