Compaq Infortrend manual Making Use of the Added Capacity Expand Logical Drive, 12-9

Completion of the Copy and Replace process will be indicated by a notification message. Follow the same method to copy and replace every member drive. You may now perform “Expand Logical Drive” to make use of the added capacity, and then map the additional capacity to a Host LUN.

12.4Making Use of the Added Capacity: Expand Logical Drive

In the following example, the logical drive is originally composed of three member drives and each member drive has the capacity of 1 Gigabyte. “Copy and Replace” has been performed on the logical drive and each of its member drives has been replaced by a new drive with the capacity of 2 Gigabytes. The next step is to perform “Expand Logical Drive” to utilize the additional capacity brought by the new drives.

1.Select “View and Edit Logical Drives” from the main menu and select the logical drive with its members copied and replaced.

2.Select “Expand Logical Drive” in the sub-menu and press [ENTER] to proceed. A confirming box will appear.

3.Proceed by pressing [ENTER] or entering any value no larger than the "maximum drive expand capacity" and press [ENTER].

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