# Check that the drive is unconfigured cloudvirt1024:~# megacli -PDInfo -PhysDrv [32:9] -a0 | grep "Firmware state" Firmware state: Unconfigured(good), Spun Up # Mark as a global hot spare cloudvirt1024:~# megacli -PDHSP -Set -PhysDrv [32:9] -a0 Adapter: 0: Set Physical Drive at EnclId-32 SlotId-9 as Hot Spare Success. Exit Code: 0x00 # Confirm the change cloudvirt1024:~# megacli -PDInfo -PhysDrv [32:9] -a0 | grep "Firmware state" Firmware state: Hotspare, Spun Up