Replacing a Defunct Hot-spare drive

  1. Select a Defunct physical drive Defunct hot-spare drive from the Main Tree.
  2. Select Replace the Defunct drive from the Actions menu.
  3. Remove the Defunct Hot-spare drive and replace it with a new drive.
  4. Click Yes.

Once you have installed the replacement drive, the ServeRAID Manager sets the new drive to Hot spare.

Use this action on Defunct drives that are not part of an array.