Dell PowerVault DP500 - Manual (Page 32)

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RAID and Disk Management
To upgrade a basic disk to a dynamic disk, perform the following steps:
1 Right-click the disk you want to upgrade, and then click Convert to
Dynamic Disk.
2 When the Convert to Dynamic Disk window appears, select the disks to
upgrade and click OK.
3 When the Disks to Convert window appears, select the disks that you
want to convert to dynamic and click Convert.
NOTE:
After a disk is upgraded to a dynamic disk, it cannot be reverted to a basic
disk unless all volumes on that disk are removed. Dell strongly recommends that
you do not revert a disk back to basic after data volumes are present.
Reactivating Dynamic Disks
A dynamic disk might appear as a missing disk when it is corrupted, powered
down, or disconnected. To reactivate a dynamic disk, perform the following steps:
1 Right-click the disk marked Missing or Offline dynamic disk.
2 Click Reactivate Disk on the menu.
3 Mark the disk as online after the disk is reactivated.
Merging Foreign Disks
Dynamic disks with a foreign status are disks that were moved from another
system. You cannot reactivate a foreign disk; you must merge the disk to the
system. To change the status of a foreign disk and enable it to be seen as a
part of the current system, use the Merge Foreign Disk command.
To merge foreign disks, perform the following steps:
1 Right-click a foreign disk, and then click Import Foreign Disks.
The Import Foreign Disk Wizard is displayed.
2 Select the foreign disks that you would like to merge to the system.
By default all foreign disks are selected to be merged.
3 Click Next.
4 Click Next again to validate the volume status of each foreign disk.
5 Click Finish.