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 window.

2.	Select a drive group in the left panel of the window.

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 window appears.

Figure 68. Modify Drive Group Wizard Window

4.	Select the RAID level to which you want to change ("migrate") the drive group, and click Next.

The following window 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 69. Modify Drive Group – Add Drives to the Current Configuration Window

5.	Click the check box next to any unconfigured drives that you want to add, and then click Next.

NOTE  The 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.

The Modify Drive Group - Summary window appears. This window shows the current settings and what the settings will be after the drives are added.

Figure 70. Modify Drive Group - Summary Window

6.	Review the configuration information.

You can 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.