## Deleting a standby hot-spare drive

Use this action to delete a standby hot-spare drive from your configuration.

1. Click a standby hot-spare physical drive from the Main Tree.
2. Click Actions --> Delete hot-spare drive. The ServeRAID Manager deletes the standby hot-spare drive from the configuration by setting the drive to ready. If you have physically removed the drive, the Manager removes the drive from the configuration.