Dell PowerVault 735N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 31)

support.dell.com Using Dell OpenManage Array Manager Software 3-9
You can change the hot spare disk assignment by unassigning a disk and choosing
another disk to assign, as needed.
To assign a global hot-spare, perform the following steps:
1. Right-click on the array disk that you wish to use as a hot spare.
2. Click Assign Global Hotspare.
The Assign Hot Spare dialog box appears.
3. Confirm the successful completion of the operation by checking the properties
displayed in the right pane.
The status of the array disk must be Ready and the type must be Spare Array
Disk.
Unassign Global Hotspare
This command unassigns the hot-spare disk. To unassign the hot-spare disk, perform
the following steps:
1. Right-click on the disk that is assigned as a hot spare.
2. Click Unassign Global Hotspare.
3. Confirm the successful completion of the operation by checking the properties
displayed in the right pane.
The status of the array disk must be Ready and the type must be Array Disk.
Online Array Disk
You can only set to online an array disk that is part of a virtual disk that has been set to
offline.
1. Right-click on the disk that you want to set to online.
2. Click Online.
In the right pane, status of the disk is changed from Offline to Online.
Offline Array Disk
You can only set to offline an array disk that is part of a virtual disk that has been set to
online.
1. Right-click on the disk that you want to set to offline.
2. Click Offline.
A confirmation dialog box appears.
3. Click OK to continue.
In the right pane, status of the disk will be changed from Online to Failed.