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HighPoint RocketRAID 2522 User Manual

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RocketRAID 2522 Driver and Software Installation

To perform OCE/ORLM on an array:

1.

Highlight the “Management” menu, and select the “Array Management”

function.

2.

Highlight the array you want to alter.

3.

Click the

button on the toolbar or select “OCE/ORLM” command from

the “Operation” menu.

4.

The OCE/ORLM window will appear.

5.

The interface is very similar to the Array Creation Wizard interface. Select the

type of array you wish to change the existing array into, then set any corre-

sponding parameters (cache/ initialization options, capacity, if relevant).

Notes:

1.

When expanding a JBOD array, all the original disks must be included in the

target array, and these disks must be selected in the same order (as the

original array). If you want to migrate a JBOD array to another RAID level,

only the first member disk can be included in the target array. For example, a

JBOD comprised of 3 disks (1, 2, 3), can only be “migrated” using disk 1.

Disks 2 and 3 cannot be used – disk 1 would have to be combined with other

disks attached to the RocketRAID 2522 (4, 5, 6, 7, 8).

2.

You cannot change an array to another type of array with a smaller capacity.

In some cases, a disk may need to be added to the RocketRAID 2522.

3.

During the OCE/ORLM procedure, the redundancy level of the array will be

the lowest of the source and target arrays; e.g. if you ORLM a RAID0 array

to a RAID1 array, the array will be non-redundant until the procedure is

complete.

4.

The OCE/ORLM process can be aborted and continued at later time.

However, you should always stop the transform progress from the RAID

Management software.

5.

An unexpected system crash may result in data loss while performing OCE/

ORLM on an array.

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