Dell (PERC) S100, PERC S300 manual Select View Virtual Disk Details

Table 7-12. Cannot Create a Global Hot Spare (continued)

The physical disk is already part	A global hot spare cannot be selected if it is already
of a virtual disk	part of an existing virtual disk.
The physical disk assigned as the	When prompted at system startup, press
global hot spare has failed	<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	• Check to see if the physical disk was removed
global hot spare is missing	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.

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