Replacing a defunct hot-spare drive

You can use this action only on defunct drives that are not part of an array.

  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 drive and replace it with a new drive.
  4. Click Yes.
  5. Install the replacement drive. Once the drive is installed, the ServeRAID Manager sets the new drive to hot spare.