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2 adding a drive or drives to a configuration – Avago Technologies MegaRAID Fast Path Software User Manual

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LSI Corporation Confidential

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July 2011

Page 365

MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide

Chapter 8: Configuration

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Changing a Virtual Drive Configuration

8.7.2

Adding a Drive or Drives to a

Configuration

CAUTION: Be sure to back up the data on the virtual drive before you add a drive to it.

Follow these steps to add a drive or drives to a configuration with the Modify Drive
Group wizard.

1. Click the Logical tab in the left panel of the MegaRAID Storage Manager window.

2. Select a drive group in the left panel of the window.

3. Either select Go To>> Drive Group>>Modify Drive Group on the menu bar, or

right-click the virtual drive icon to access the Modify Drive Group wizard.

The Modify Drive Group wizard window appears.

Figure 236: Modify Drive Group Wizard Window

4. Select the RAID level to which you want to change ("migrate") the drive group, and

click Next.

The following window appears. It lists the drives you can add, and it states whether
you have to add a minimum number of drives to change the RAID level from the
current level to the new RAID level.