Installation guide

Software Operation Manual
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4.6.4 Modify Volume Set
To modify a volume set from a RAID set:
(1). Click on the “Modify Volume Set” link.
(2). Click the volume set check box from the list that you wish to modify. Click the
“Submit” button. The following screen appears. Use this option to modify the volume
set configuration. To modify volume set attributes, move the cursor bar to the volume
set attribute menu and click it. The “Enter the Volume Attribute” screen appears.
Move the cursor to an attribute item and then click the attribute to modify the value.
After you complete the modification, click the “Confirm the Operation” check box and
click the “Submit” button to complete the action.
4.6.4.1 Volume Growth
Use “Expand RAID Set" function to add disk to a RAID set. The additional capacity
can be used to enlarge the last volume set size or to create another volume set. The
“Modify Volume Set” function can support the “Volume Modification” function. To
expand the last volume set capacity, move the cursor bar to the “Capacity” item and
enter the capacity size. When finished the above action, click the “Confirm The
Operation” check box and click the “Submit” button to complete the action. The last
volume set starts to expand its capacity. If you have free spaces from reserved or
delete volumes, you can enlarge the last volume set size before the free spaces.
To expand an existing volume noticed:
 Only the last volume can expand capacity.
 When expand volume capacity, you can’t modify stripe size or modify RAID
level simultaneously.
 You can expand volume capacity, but can’t shrink volume capacity size.
 After volume expansion, the volume capacity can't be decreased.