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MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide Chapter 4: WebBIOS Configuration Utility | Viewing and Changing Device Properties
Figure 98 shows the Physical Drive dialog.
Figure 98: Physical Drive Dialog
The drive properties are read-only and are self-explanatory. Note that the properties
include the state of the drive.
Operations you can perform are listed at the bottom of the dialog. After you select an
operation, click Go to start the operation. The operations vary depending on the drive
state. If the drive state is Online, the following operations appear.
 Select MakeDriveOffline if you want to force the drive offline.
NOTE: If you force offline a good drive that is part of a redundant drive group with a hot
spare, the drive will rebuild to the hot spare drive. The drive you forced offline will go
into the Unconfigured Bad state. Access the BIOS utility to set the drive to the
Unconfigured Good state.
 Select Locate to make the LED flash on the drive. This operation works only if the
drive is installed in a drive enclosure.
If the drive state is Unconfigured Good, the following additional operations appear on
this dialog.
 Select Make Global HSP to make a global hot spare, which is available to all of the
virtual drives.
 Select Make Dedicated HSP to make a hot spare dedicated to a specific virtual
drive.
WebBIOS displays the global hot spare as Global and the dedicated hot spare as
Ded
. The icon for the dedicated hot spare appears under its associated virtual drive.
The drive number, drive state, drive capacity, and drive manufacturer appear.