NEC Express5800 series User Manual page 53

Adding Capacity using Power Console Plus
On the main Power Console Plus screen, verify that the drive(s) that are added display on the
appropriate channel. There are three ways you can add a physical drive to an existing array.
The first method is:
Step 1
On [Physical Devices View] of the
main menu, select physical drive(s)
you want to add, and on [Logical
Devices View], select the logical
drive to add them to.
Select [Add Capacity] in [Change
Configuration] of Logical Drv
menu.
Step 2
Click on [OK] in the confirmation screen.
Step 3
A menu to select the RAID level is displayed.
Select a RAID level and click on [Apply]
button.
Step 4
Array reconstruction (Add Capacity) starts
and a progress chart is displayed on the
screen as shown below.
NOTE: You can view the information on
logical drive and physical drives to be added
by clicking on [Info] button while the
progress chart is being displayed.
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