On the main Power Console Plus screen, verify that the drive(s) that are added display on the appropriate channel. There are three ways you can add a physical drive to an existing array.
The first method is:
Step 1
On [Physical Devices View] of the main menu, select physical drive(s) you want to add, and on [Logical Devices View], select the logical drive to add them to.
Select [Add Capacity] in [Change Configuration] of Logical Drv menu.
Step 2
Click on [OK] in the confirmation screen.
Step 3
A menu to select the RAID level is displayed.
Select a RAID level and click on [Apply] button.
Step 4
Array reconstruction (Add Capacity) starts and a progress chart is displayed on the screen as shown below.
NOTE: You can view the information on logical drive and physical drives to be added by clicking on [Info] button while the progress chart is being displayed.
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