Using The Notification Manager; Increasing Logical Drive Space - IBM Netfinity ServeRAID-3H Installation And User Manual

Increasing logical drive space

Using this feature you can add one, two, or three physical drives to an existing array so you can expand
the size of the logical drives in the array. When increasing logical drive space, the ServeRAID Manager
program migrates the logical drives such that the logical drives gain additional space, much like adding
paper to a notebook.
When you create an array, logical drives are striped across all of the physical drives in that array. To
increase the size of the logical drives in an existing array, define additional physical drives to add to the
array. Then, the ServeRAID Manager program migrates the logical drives such that the data is spread
across the existing and new physical drives.
To increase logical drive space:
1. Click an array from the Main Tree (that is, the left tree).
2. Select Logical drive migration from the Actions menu.
3. Select Increase logical drive space from the menu.
4. Add to the selected array by dragging ready drives from the Main Tree to the array in the right tree.
Note: You can add up to three physical drives.
5. After you add the physical drives to your arrays, click Next to review your new logical drive
configuration.
6. Review the configuration in the right panel. It describes how the configuration will affect the logical
drives and free space when you click Apply. If you want to modify the configuration, click Back to
return to the array tree window.
Tip: You can expand the tree for another view of the configuration.
7. Click Apply to approve the new configuration. The ServeRAID Manager program automatically
increases the logical drive space.
If you do not want to approve the logical drive configuration, click Cancel and return to the system
management information window.
8. Click Yes when the confirm pop-up window opens.
Note: Increasing logical drive space is a lengthy process. You cannot perform any other actions on
the affected controller until the process is complete. The ServeRAID Manager displays a
progress indicator in the status bar. You can use the logical drive during the increase logical
drive space process. You can also remove the system power. When you restore the power,
the increase logical drive space process restarts where it left off.

Using the Notification Manager

The Notification Manager is a tool used to notify other systems running the ServeRAID Manager program
of all events that occur on this (that is, the local) system. The user of the system types system names in
the notification list. Each system in the list is notified of all events that occur on the local system.
To start the Notification Manager, select Open Notification Manager from the Actions menu. You can
use the Notification Manager to do the following:
Add a system to the Notification List
Delete a system from the Notification List
Modify system properties in the Notification List
Send a test event to a system in the Notification List
Monitor events sent from the Notification Manager
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