Hello Pythagoras,
In SMU to add global spares:
1. In the Pools topic, select Action > Manage Spares. The Manage Spares panel displays.
2. In the Add New Spares section, click on available disks to select them.
3. Click Add Spares. The system updates the global spares and a confirmation panel displays.
4. To close the confirmation panel, click OK.
Using the CLI to designate disk 1.2 as a global spare:
# add spares 1.2
Cheers,
Shawn
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