Smart Array 5300 Controller User Guide

Configuring an Array
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Extend Logical Drive Screen
To display this screen, click Extend in the Logical Drive box (Figure 7-8) on the
main ACU screen. This screen allows you to increase the capacity of a logical drive
while the system is online, without disruption of data.
IMPORTANT: Not all operating systems support online capacity extension. For more
information, refer to the section “Extending Logical Drive Capacity.”
Figure 7-14: Extend Logical Drive screen
Typical Manual Configuration Procedures in ACU
When you launch ACU to configure a new array, a configuration wizard opens to
allow rapid, automatic array configuration. However, you can bypass the wizard and
manually:
• Create a new array.
• Expand the capacity of an array.
• Extend the capacity of a logical drive.
• Migrate to a different RAID level or stripe size.
Creating a New Array
There are three stages in the procedure for manually creating a new array:
1. Configure the controller settings.
2. Assign physical drives of the same size to an array.