Asus P9D-MH SAS 10G-DUAL User Guide - Page 138

Expanding the volume capacity, Manage Volume, Online Capacity Expansion

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Expanding the volume capacity You may use two new hard disk drives to replace the existing one, and expand the capacity of the RAID volume. • The capactiy of th new hard disk drives should be 50GB larger than the existing one. • This function is available only when the RAID 1 volume is optimal. To expand the capacity of the currently displayed RAID volume: 1. From the Manage Volume screen, select Online Capacity Expansion, then press . LSI Corp Config Utility Manage Volume -- SAS2308-2 Identifier Type Size(GB) Status Task Manage Hot Spares Consistency Check Activate Volume Delete Volume Online Capacity Expansion v7.29.00.00 (2012.11.12) LSI Logical Volume 3000 RAID 1 73 Optimal None Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Enter = Select Item 2. On the following screen, press to proceed with the capacity expansion. LSI Corp Config Utility Manage Volume -- SAS2308-2 v7.29.00.00 (2012.11.12) This field is used to expand the capacity of the currently displayed RAID volume. This field is disabled under the following conditions: - The volume is not a RAID 1 volume. - Firmware is configured to diable this feature. Esc = Exit Menu F1/Shift+1 = Help Enter = Select Item 5-34 Chapter 5: RAID configuration

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Chapter 5: RAID configuration
Expanding the volume capacity
You may use two new hard disk drives to replace the existing one, and expand the capacity
of the RAID volume.
The capactiy of th new hard disk drives should be 50GB larger than the existing one.
This function is available only when the RAID 1 volume is optimal.
To expand the capacity of the currently displayed RAID volume:
1.
From the
Manage Volume
screen, select
Online Capacity Expansion
, then press
<Enter>.
Esc = Exit Menu
F1/Shift+1 = Help
Enter = Select Item
LSI Corp Config Utility
v7.29.00.00 (2012.11.12)
Manage Volume -- SAS2308-2
Identifier
LSI
Logical Volume
3000
Type
RAID 1
Size(GB)
73
Status
Optimal
Task
None
Manage Hot Spares
Consistency Check
Activate Volume
Delete Volume
Online Capacity Expansion
2.
On the following screen, press <Enter> to proceed with the capacity expansion.
Esc = Exit Menu
F1/Shift+1 = Help
Enter = Select Item
LSI Corp Config Utility
v7.29.00.00 (2012.11.12)
Manage Volume -- SAS2308-2
This field is used to expand the capacity of the currently displayed
RAID volume.
This field is disabled under the following conditions:
- The volume is not a RAID 1 volume.
- Firmware is configured to diable this feature.