Adding a Drive or Drives to a Configuration
ATTENTION Be sure to back up the data on the virtual drive before you add a drive to it.
Follow these steps to add a drive or drives to a configuration with the Modify Drive Group Wizard.
1.
Click the Logical tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager main menu.
3.
Either select Go To>>Drive Group>>Modify Drive Group on the menu bar, or right-click the virtual drive icon to access the Modify Drive Group Wizard.
The Modify Drive Group Wizard appears.
The following dialog appears. It lists the drives you can add and it states whether you have to add a minimum number of drives to change the RAID level from the current level to the new RAID level.
Figure 50 Add Drive(s) to the Current Configuration Screen
NOTE The drive or drives you add must have the same capacity as or greater capacity than the drives already in the drive group, or you cannot change the RAID level.
Click Back if you need to change any selections.
7.
Click Finish to accept the changes.
A confirmation message appears. The message states that this operation cannot be aborted and asks whether you want to continue.
8.
Click Yes to accept and complete the addition of the drives to the drive group.
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