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Chapter 5: Maintain your High-availability Cluster 6. Enter a DSM administrator's username and password. 7. Select Use manual configuration and specify the new IP information. 8. Click OK to save your settings. 9. Go to Synology Assistant again, and you will see that your cluster's IP address has changed. 10. Double-click on the cluster and sign in. 11. You can modify other network settings by going to Synology High Availability > Network. Notes: 1. To download Synology Assistant, go to Synology Download Center, select your model, click on the Desktop Utilities tab, and click Download next to Synology Assistant. 5.4 Storage capacity expansion Expand the storage capacity by adding new drives Before you start Please note that only storage pools implemented with the following RAID types can be expanded using this method: RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID F1. 1. Perform Data Scrubbing (DSM 7.x / DSM 6.2) to check if your volume and storage pool are normal. If the status is anything other than normal, make sure to repair it first. 2. Prepare drives that are listed on the Synology Products Compatibility List. Using incompatible drives may lower system performance or cause data loss. 3. Back up your data. The expansion process will not delete any existing data, but we still strongly recommend you to back up your data before proceeding. 4. In Storage Manager, do the following: • Go to HDD/SSD to check if the inserted drive is healthy. • Make sure the inserted drive meets the drive requirements. Go to HDD/SSD to check the drive size and type. • Go to Storage (DSM 7.x) or Storage Pool (DSM 6.2) to check if the storage pool status is healthy. 5. Make sure your Synology NAS model supports using drives located in expansion units. For more information, refer to this article. 6. If your DSM was upgraded from 7.0.x or previous versions to DSM 7.1, make sure that the maximum total capacity of the volumes and LUNs on your high-availability cluster has not reached or exceeded 400 TB. For more information, refer to the Synology High Availability specifications. 42

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Chapter 5: Maintain your High-availability Cluster
6. Enter a DSM administrator’s username and password.
7. Select
Use manual configuration
and specify the new IP information.
8. Click
OK
to save your settings.
9. Go to
Synology Assistant
again, and you will see that your cluster’s IP address has
changed.
10. Double-click on the cluster and sign in.
11. You can modify other network settings by going to
Synology High Availability
>
Network
.
Notes:
1. To download Synology Assistant, go to Synology
Download Center
, select your model,
click on the
Desktop Utilities
tab, and click
Download
next to
Synology Assistant
.
5.4 Storage capacity expansion
Expand the storage capacity by adding new drives
Before you start
Please note that only storage pools implemented with the following RAID types can be
expanded using this method: RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, RAID F1.
1. Perform Data Scrubbing (
DSM 7.x
/
DSM 6.2
) to check if your volume and storage pool are
normal. If the status is anything other than normal, make sure to repair it first.
2. Prepare drives that are listed on the
Synology Products Compatibility List
. Using
incompatible drives may lower system performance or cause data loss.
3. Back up your data. The expansion process will not delete any existing data, but we still
strongly recommend you to back up your data before proceeding.
4. In
Storage Manager
, do the following:
• Go to
HDD/SSD
to check if the inserted drive is healthy.
• Make sure the inserted drive meets the drive requirements. Go to
HDD/SSD
to check the
drive size and type.
• Go to
Storage
(DSM 7.x) or
Storage Pool
(DSM 6.2) to check if the storage pool status is
healthy.
5. Make sure your Synology NAS model supports using drives located in expansion units. For
more information, refer to
this article
.
6. If your DSM was upgraded from 7.0.x or previous versions to DSM 7.1, make sure that
the maximum total capacity of the volumes and LUNs on your high-availability cluster
has not reached or exceeded 400 TB. For more information, refer to the
Synology High
Availability specifications
.