Users Guide

The Setup Physical Disk page is displayed.

2. From the Controller drop-down menu, select the controller to view the associated physical disks.

3. To assign as a global hotspare, from the drop-down menus in the Action-Assign to All column,

select Global Hotspare for one or more physical disks.

4. To unassign a hot spare, from the drop-down menus in the Action-Assign to All column, select

Unassign Hotspare for one or more physical disks.

5. From the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to apply the settings.

6. Click Apply.

Based on the selected operation mode, the settings are applied.

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Choosing operation mode using RACADM

Converting a physical disk to RAID or non-RAID mode

Converting a physical disk to RAID mode enables the disk for all RAID operations. When a disk is in a non-

RAID mode, the disk is exposed to the operating system unlike unconfigured good disks and is used in a

direct pass-through mode.

You can convert the physical disk drives to RAID or non-RAID mode by:

• Using iDRAC interfaces such as iDRAC web interface, RACADM, or WS-MAN.

• Pressing Ctrl+R while restarting the server and selecting the required controller.

NOTE: Converting the mode is not supported on PERC hardware controllers running in HBA mode.

NOTE: Converting to non-RAID mode for PERC 8 controllers is supported only for PERC H310 and

H330 controllers.

NOTE: If the physical drives connected to a PERC controller are in non-RAID mode, the size of the

disk displayed in the iDRAC interfaces, such as iDRAC GUI, RACADM, and WS-MAN, may be slightly

less than the actual size of the disk. However, you can use the full capacity of the disk to deploy

operating systems.

Converting physical disks to RAID capable or non-RAID mode using the iDRAC web interface

To convert the physical disks to RAID mode or non-RAID mode, perform the following steps:

1. In the iDRAC web interface, click Overview → Storage → Physical Disks → Setup.

The Setup page is displayed.

2. From the Controller drop-down menu, select a controller.

The physical disks associated with the selected controller are displayed.

3. From the Action — Assign to All drop-down box, select the required option (Convert to RAID or

Convert to Non-RAID) for all the disks, or select the option for specific disks from the Action drop-

down menu.

4. From the Apply Operation Mode drop-down menu, select when you want to apply the settings.

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