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5.
After the description displays "You can replace this drive", plug in the new hard disk drive
to the drive slot. Repeat the same process for all hard drives to be replaced. Click
"Expand Capacity" to continue.
6.
Click "Yes".
7.
The chosen RAID group is expanded.
Adding Hard Disk Drives
With this function, new drive members can be added to a RAID group. This option is
supported for RAID 5 and RAID 6 drive configurations.
Follow these steps to add the hard disk drive(s) to a RAID group:
1.
Go to "Storage Manager" > "STORAGE" > "Storage Space".
2.
Double click a storage pool to bring up the Storage Pool Management page.
3.
Select a RAID group and click "Manage" > "Add Hard Drive".
4.
Select hard disk drive(s) from the list to add to the chosen RAID group and click "Apply".
5.
Please note that all data on the selected hard drive(s) will be erased. Click "Yes" if you
are certain about this.
6.
The chosen hard disk drive(s) are added to the selected RAID group.
Migrating RAID Configuration
With this function, a RAID configuration can be migrated to a different RAID configuration.
This option is supported for the following drive configurations: Migrating single drives to
RAID 1; Migrating RAID 1 to RAID 5; Migrating RAID 5 to RAID 6. Follow these steps to
migrate a RAID configuration:
1.
Go to "Storage Manager" > "STORAGE" > "Storage Space".
2.
Double click a storage pool to bring up the Storage Pool Management page.
3.
Select a RAID group and click "Manage" > "Migrate".
4.
Select the hard disk drive(s) from the list and click "Apply".
5.
Please note that all data on the selected hard disk drive(s) will be erased. Click "Yes" if
you are certain about this.
6.
The chosen RAID configuration is migrated to the new one.
Configuring Spare Drives
With this function, a spare drive can be added to or removed from a RAID 1, RAID, 5, RAID
6, or RAID 10 configuration. Unlike a global spare drive, the drive in this case will be
dedicated to the RAID group. Follow these steps to configure a spare drive:
1.
Go to "Storage Manager" > "STORAGE" > "Storage Space".
2.
Double click a storage pool to bring up the Storage Pool Management page.
3.
Select a RAID group and click "Manage" > "Configure Spare Drive".