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How Do I Add Capacity to an Existing Disk Array?
2-30 RAID EzAssist User’s Manual
The Custom Configuration menu is displayed (Figure 2-30).
Figure 2-30. Custom Configuration Menu
☞ If you want to add capacity to an existing disk array, use the
arrow key to select Add Capacity to Existing Disk Array on the
Custom Configuration menu, then press Enter.
☛ Note
If any one of the conditions described below is true,
the Add Capacity to Existing Disk Array function will
not be possible:
All available drives on the controller are already
configured (often resulting from a previous Automatic
Configuration)
1
The selected “array” is really a JBOD drive
The selected array already contains eight (8) physical
devices (for Previous Controllers), or 16 physical
devices for New Controllers
The selected array is a spanned array
A total of 32 logical drives have already been
configured on this controller
All target IDs on all channels are used in existing
arrays
The drive to be added has a capacity that is too small
to be used in the selected array
1. To add capacity in this situation, you must first connect one or
more additional physical drives to the controller, then use the
Rescan for New Devices option on the main menu.