Cannot create a global hot spare – Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller S110 User Manual

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The designated physical disk does not have sufficient capacity to be a dedicated

hot spare
The capacity of the physical disk selected to be a dedicated hot spare must be equal to

or larger than the capacity of the smallest physical disk in the virtual disk.

For example, if the physical disk selected for a dedicated hot spare is 160 GB, and the

physical disks in the virtual disk are 80 GB, 160 GB, and 500 GB, a dedicated hot spare

can be assigned. That is because the physical disk selected for the dedicated hot spare

is larger than the smallest

(80 GB) physical disk in the virtual disk.

The physical disk is already part of a virtual disk
A dedicated hot spare cannot be assigned to another virtual disk.

The physical disks are of different types
The physical disk used as a dedicated hot spare must be the same type as the physical

disks that are already part of the virtual disk. For example, if a virtual disk consists of

SATA-II physical disks, the dedicated hot spare must be a SATA-II physical disk.

Cannot Create a Global Hot Spare

There are no empty physical disks available or the physical disks have not been

converted to RAID Capable disks
Install additional physical disks and convert them to RAID Capable disks. If existing

physical disks are Non-RAID they need to be converted to RAID Capable disks.

WARNING:

When a physical disk is converted to RAID Capable disks, all data on

the physical disk is lost.

NOTE:

A physical disk with a Non-RAID status can be converted to RAID Capable

disks, if desired, but it is no longer Non-RAID (Converting to RAID Capable disk adds PERC

S110 configuration information to the physical disk.)

The physical disk is already part of a virtual disk

A 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 to access the PERC

BIOS Configuration Utility.

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