Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S100 - Manual (Page 74)

74 Troubleshooting
The physical disk is already part
of a virtual disk
A global hot spare cannot be selected if it is already
part of an existing virtual disk.
The physical disk assigned as the
global hot spare has failed
When prompted at system startup, press
<Ctrl><R>to access the PERC Virtual Disk
Management utility.
At the PERC Virtual Disk Management utility,
select View Virtual Disk Details and
press <Enter>. Determine whether the physical
disk that is designated as the global hot spare has a
status of Failed.
• Check to see if the physical disk is malfunctioning
or is physically disconnected.
• Select another physical disk as the global hot
spare.
The physical disk assigned as the
global hot spare is missing
• Check to see if the physical disk was removed
from the backplane or cable connection, or
whether the cables from the controller to the
physical disk are disconnected or faulty.
• Perform a rescan to verify that the physical disk is
still missing.
Table 7-12. Cannot Create a Global Hot Spare (continued)
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