# Assigning Global Hot Spares

A global hot spare replaces a failed physical drive in any redundant array, as long as the capacity of the global hot spare is equal to or larger than the coerced capacity of the failed physical drive.

Perform the following steps to assign global hot spares.

1. Navigate to the Controller dashboard, and click the Drives tab.
   All of the associated drives appear.
2. Expand Unconfigured Drives, and select an unconfigured good drive.
3. Select Actions > Assign Global Hotspare.
   The unconfigured good drive is changed to a global hot spare. The status of the unconfigured good drive appears as a global hot spare in the Hot Spares section.

Parent topic: Managing Physical Drives