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If you want to continue click Yes. The
configuration completes and the Health and
Status Monitor page appears.
If you wish to start over, click No.
Adding drives to a RAID Group
If you have unallocated drives, you can increase the
number of drives used by an existing RAID Group by
adding an unallocated drive to the group. The new
drive is set up in a separate partition within the RAID
Group. You may have to add more than one drive
depending on the RAID Group setup.
1
Follow the instructions in
page 37 and click on the RAID Groups arrow
from the Select User Process box.
2
Click on Expand Capacity.
3
Click Next.
4
Select the RAID Group you wish to add the
drives to from the drop down menu.
5
Click on the drives you wish to add to your RAID
Group.
CAUTION
CAUTION
Adding drives to an existing RAID Group
may adversely impact performance. You
cannot reverse this operation unless you
delete the RAID Group.
6
When you have completed your changes, click
on Commit.
7
A warning box appears noting that information
on the added drives is erased. Back up all data
on the new disks before proceeding. In the
warning box, verify that you want to complete
the configuration by clicking on Yes. Clicking on
No ends the procedure without making a
change.
8
The Health and Status Monitor page appears.
9
Depending on how the drives are added, when
the process completes, the added drives may
be in a separate, new partition within the RAID
Group
Adding mirrors to a RAID configuration
To increase data protection in RAID Level 1 groups,
you may add additional mirrors from unallocated
storage. Also known as n-way mirroring, adding
mirrors can only be performed if no other Add Drives,
Add Mirror or RAID Migration operations are being
performed.
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1
Follow the instructions in
page 37 and click on the RAID Groups arrow
from the Select User Process box.
2
Click on Add Mirrors.
3
Click Next.
4
Select the RAID Level 1 group you wish to add
the mirror drive to from the drop down menu.
5
Select the drive you wish to add.
CAUTION
CAUTION
Adding drives to an existing RAID Group
may adversely impact performance. You
cannot reverse this operation unless you
delete the RAID Group.
6
When you have completed your changes, click
on Commit.
7
A warning box appears. In the warning box,
verify that you want to complete the
configuration by clicking on Yes. Clicking on No
ends the procedure without making a change.
8
The Health and Status Monitor page appears.
Changing RAID configuration: RAID
migration
If you have unallocated drives, you can use them to
change the RAID Level of an existing RAID Group.
The following migration levels are supported:
• JBOD to RAID Level 0
• JBOD to RAID Level 1
• RAID Level 0 to RAID Level1+0
• RAID Level 1 to RAID1+0
1
Follow the instructions in
page 37 and click on the RAID Groups arrow
from the Select User Process box.
2
Click on the Migrate RAID Level button.
3
Click on Next.
4
Follow the on-screen directions.
CAUTION
CAUTION
Adding drives to an existing RAID Group
may adversely impact performance. You
cannot reverse this operation unless you
delete the RAID Group.
5
When you have made your changes, click on
Commit.
6
A warning box appears. In the warning box,
verify that you want to complete the
configuration by clicking on Yes. Clicking on No
ends the procedure without making a change.
7
The Health and Status Monitor page appears.
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