Purpose: To show the process of adding a drive labeled Unconfigured Good to an existing array. This guide assumes that a new drive(s) has been added to at least one unused drive bay that will be used to expand.
Modify the Drive Group
- If the server was shut down, close the exacqVision client and log out of user and into admin.
- Minimize the exacqVision Client and open the LSI MegaRAID Storage manager. This can be accessed by either selecting Start > All Programs > MegaRAID Storage Manager > StartupUI or double-clicking the MegaRAID Manager icon on the Desktop (if present).
- The Host View page will open. Select the Host that comes up in the list to get the login window.
- Log in with the OS credentials configured for the system and select Login.
(If using a legacy Exacq system, the credentials will be admin/admin256 in Windows and root/exacqvisionip in Linux.) - Navigate to the Logical tab next to the Physical tab.
- Locate the proper Drive Group for RAID 5 or 6 then right-click it and select Modify Drive Group.
(Select Drive Group: 0, RAID (5,6) for systems with only one Drive Group. For systems with the additional OS-on-RAID option, select Drive Group: 1, Raid (5,6)) - Select the box next to Confirm and then select Yes.
- Use the drop-down at the bottom of the page and select RAID 6 and then select Next.
- Select the box next to the Available Drive you want to add and then select Next.
- Confirm the Post modification settings are larger than the Current settings and select Finish.
- Reconstruction of the array will begin. This can take a large amount of time.
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