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Adding Capacity under Window NT 4.x, and Windows 2000,
Adding Hard Disk Drives using Power Console Plus vX.X
On the main Power Console Plus screen, verify that the drive(s) that were added
display on the appropriate channel. There are three ways you can add a HDD to
an existing array. The first method is:
Step
1 Highlight the drive(s) you want to add, and the logical drive to add them to.
2 On the Menu Bar, select Logical Drive.
3 Select Change Configuration.
4 Select Add Capacity. A menu displays for you to select the RAID level.
5 Select a RAID level and click on the Apply button. The array will begin
reconstructing.
The second method is:
Step
1 Highlight the drive(s) you want to add, and the logical drive to add them to.
2 Right click on the logical drive.
3 Select Advanced Menu.
4 Select Add Drive.
5 Select a RAID level and click on the Apply button. The array will begin
reconstructing.
The third method is:
Step
1 Highlight the drive(s) you want to add, and the logical drive to add them to.
2 Click on highlighted drive(s) and drag them to the logical drive you want to
add them to.
3 Select a RAID Level and click on the Apply button. The array will begin
reconstructing.
Applying additional space to NT Disk Administrator After the array rebuilds, go to the Disk
Administrator Utility. You should see at least one HDD size of 81917 MB or
500 GB, and there should be a logical drive created before the new drive(s) are
added. There are two ways to apply the new space to Disk Administrator:
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add a new logical drive using - "Create" or "Create Extended Partition", or
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add a new Logical Drive using "Extend Volume Set" (this is available only
when using the NTFS format; it is not available under FAT.)
Step
1 Click on existing partition.
2 Hold down the shift key and right click on available space.
2 From the pull down menu, select Extend Volume Set.
3 Enter the total space of both partitions, and the total size of the volume.
For example, if the first partition is 500MB, and the new capacity of the
array is 1000MB, then the volume space entered would be 1500MB.
Note: NT will make you reboot when you exit Disk Administrator.
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