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Compaq TaskSmart N2400 Administration Guide
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Adding Additional Storage Units to the Pool
Before you can grow a volume, you may need to add additional storage units.
If this is the case, you must first add additional physical drives, add them to an
array or create a new array, create a new logical drive and then add it to the
pool. See the section “Capacity Expansion,” later in this chapter for additional
information.
CAUTION:
SWVR does not support changing the size of a logical drive or logical
unit number (LUN) after it has been incorporated into a pool. You must modify
an existing array or add a new array. Changing the logical drive size will result
in data loss.
When the additional drives are available, add them to the existing array.
1.
Access the ACU.
2.
If this results in launching a Wizard, cancel the wizard and follow these
steps.
3.
Under Controller Selection, click the drop-down box and select Smart
Array 5300 Controller.
4.
You can modify an existing array up to a total of 14 drives for the array
by clicking the desired array, and then clicking Modify. Optionally, if
you added a sufficient number of physical drives, you can create a new
array by clicking Create Array.
5.
Select the additional drives to be added to the array and assign them to
the array.
6.
Click Done and then click the unused space for the array.
7.
Click Create Logical Drive, select the desired raid type, and then click
Done.
8.
Save the array configuration.
NOTE:
If you modified an existing array, you must wait for the rebuild to complete. The
new logical drives will not be available to the OS until the rebuild process completes.
9.
Using Windows Device Manager, rescan for the new drive.
