Adding Hard Disks To A Degraded Raid Configuration - US Robotics USR8700 User Manual

4. Take the desired action:
To do this
Add the disk to a linear configuration or
use it as a spare for a normal three-disk
RAID 5 configuration
Add the disk to the storage system but not
add it to the RAID at this time
Return to the previous page (for example,
to re-scan the storage system)

Adding Hard Disks to a Degraded RAID Configuration

To add a hard disk to a degraded RAID configuration:
1. Insert the hard disk into the storage system.
You can do this whether the storage system is powered on or off.
2. Access the Web User Interface or refresh the browser window.
The Disk Change Notification page appears:
Do this
Click Add.
The Disks page indicates the current state of the disk configuration.
Click Ignore.
The Disks page lists the disk is part of the storage system, but its
status is New, indicating that it is not being used.
If you subsequently reconfigure the disks (as described in
uring Your Storage System Disks"
use this new disk.
Click Back.
Serial ATA 4-Drive NAS
User Guide
"Reconfig-
on page 66), you will be able to
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