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 Setting Hot Spare Protection Policy
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Storage Management User's Guide
Dedicated Hot Spare Protection Policy
Global Hot Spare Protection Policy
Considerations for Hot Spare Protection Policy
Considerations for Enclosure Affinity
The Hot Spare Protection Policy is supported only on Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) controllers.
The Hot Spare Protection Policy provides you with a higher protection level for the virtual disks by enabling you to specify the number of dedicated/global hot
spares to be assigned to the virtual disks/controller. You can also specify the severity levels for the protection policy. Dell OpenManage Storage Management
sends alerts when the hot spare protection policy is violated.
You can determine the hot spare protection policy best suited for your environment; however, Storage Management does not provide a default policy.
Dedicated Hot Spare Protection Policy
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Resetting the Hot Spare Protection Policy
Deselect the RAID Layout to reset the dedicated hot spare protection policy.
Global Hot Spare Protection Policy
Considerations for Hot Spare Protection Policy
l The dedicated hot spare protection policy is not applicable to SCSI, SAS/iR, PERC H200, and CERC SATA 6ch/2s controllers.
l RAID 0 does not support assigning hot spares. Also, the protection policy is not applicable for RAID 0.
l For SAS/iR and PERC H200 family of controllers, you can assign only two global hot spares.
l If the status of the virtual disk is displayed as Degraded or Failed because of the hot spare protection policy violation, you must assign the required
number of hot spares (as defined in the protection policies) for the status to be displayed as normal.
l Hot Spare Protection Policy is not applicable to PERC S100 and S300 controllers.
Considerations for Enclosure Affinity
l Enclosure affinity settings for dedicated hot spare are applicable only on PERC 5 and PERC 6 family of controllers.
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Property
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Definition
RAID Layout
The RAID level(s) for which you want to configure the hot spare protection policy.
Minimum Number of Disks
The minimum number of physical disks to be assigned as dedicated hot spares for the selected RAID level(s).
Severity Level
The severity level you want to assign to the generated alert, if this policy is violated.
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NOTE: The status of the virtual disk is determined by the severity level you specify for this policy.
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Property
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Definition
Enable Global Hot Spare
Select this check box to enable the Global Hot Spare Protection Policy
Minimum Number of Disks
The minimum number of physical disks to be assigned as global hot spares for the controller.
Severity Level
The severity level you want to assign to the generated alert, if this policy is violated.
Consider Global Hot Spare Policy when determining
Virtual Disk status
Select this check box if you want Storage Management to consider this policy to determine the
status of the virtual disk.
The status of the virtual disk is determined by the severity level you specify for this policy.
NOTE: When assigning a global hot spare, consider a physical disk that has higher capacity, which can replace any failed disk in the controller.