# Assigning Dedicated Hot Spares

Dedicated hot spare drives provide protection to one or more specified drive groups on the controller. If you select an Unconfigured Good drive, you have the option of assigning it as a dedicated hot spare drive.

Perform these steps to assign a dedicated hot spare.

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 > More Actions > Assign Dedicated Hotspare.

   The Drive Groups dialog appears.

4. Select the corresponding check box of a particular drive group to select each drive group individually, or select all the drive groups by selecting the check box that is located on the very first row.
5. Click Assign Dedicated Hotspare.

   A confirmation message appears. The unconfigured good drives are now changed to dedicated hot spares. The status of the unconfigured good drives appear as dedicated hot spares in the Hot Spares section.

Parent topic: Managing Physical Drives