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88 Managing the Storage Solution
Expanding an Array
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Caution
You must stop all host I/O operations prior to deleting an array.
The Expand Array feature is used to increase the capacity of an existing array. An array can be expanded
to a maximum of 16 drives. Only one array can be expanded at a time.
NOTE
No configuration changes can be made to the arrays, logical drives, or SAN LUN Mapping while an
expansion operation is in progress.
NOTE
You cannot mix SAS and SATA disk drives in the same disk array. Also if you have a mixture of SAS
and SATA drives in the enclosure, each array of either SATA or SAS drive types must have a dedicated
spare of like type.
During the expansion process, data is re-striped across a new set of data drives, and new parity is
calculated and written if necessary for fault tolerant arrays. If the array is a fault tolerant array, such
as RAID level 1, 10, 5, or 50, it will remain fault tolerant during the expansion.
Should a disk drive fail in a fault tolerant array during the expansion, the expand operation will continue
as normal at which time it will flag the drive as failed and use the data and parity information to create
the new data and parity stripe. After the expansion is complete, and if you had a hot spare designated,
the automatic rebuild operation will commence bringing the non-fault tolerant expanded array back
to a fault tolerant condition.
If a second drive failure occurs during expansion, that condition is not recoverable and you will have a
total loss of data. You may wish to consider backing up the data prior to expanding an array. Although
there is a level of protection during this operation without the backup, the best insurance is a valid
backup.
NOTE
After the array expansion process has completed, if you are expanding for the purposes of new
drive space you will need to create the appropriate logical drive(s) and define them in your operating
system. However, if the expansion is intended to increase the existing logical drive capacity you will
need to perform a LUN Expansion. Afterwards a third-party volume/partition software product will
be necessary to manipulate any existing partitions.
1. Stop all host I/O operations.
2. Locate and click on the <Array_Name> you wish to expand. This will open the Array screen.
3. From the Array screen, click the Expand Array tab., see Figure 71 ”Array Screen - Expand Array
Tab Selected”.
4. Following the sequenced steps, click the Array Expansion Type pull-down menu, choose the
type of expansion applicable to your array.
5. Select the drives that will be used to expand the array.
6. Verify the changes you are about to make by examining the “Before Expansion” and “After
Expansion” analysis.
7. If your settings are correct, click the EXPAND button.
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