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Expanding an Existing Array
Important:
It is recommended that the array be
Verified
/
Rebuilt
before
Expanding
or
Migrating
. Once you start an
OCE
/
ORLM
procedure, you
can
stop the process, but it
must
be resumed until completion.
To add more capacity to your current configuration follows these steps:
1.
Click
Advanced Config.
2.
Click
Maintenance
for the array you want to change
Select a
different
RAID level to
Migrate.
For example, if you want to change a
RAID 0 array, you will need to select a different RAID level, such as RAID 5 or 6.
Select the
same
RAID level to
Expand.
For example, if you want to expand the
capacity of an existing RAID 5 array, you must select RAID 5 from the menu.
3.
Important
: make a note of all the physical drives currently in the target array.
4.
Click
ORLM
5.
Select the physical drives you recorded earlier (step 5) and the drives you want to
add
6.
Click
Submit
Upon submission, you will receive a prompt stating ORLM has been successfully
configured.
