Changing the RAID group when adding capacity disks
While adding capacity disks (HDDs) to an aggregate, you can change the RAID group to which you want to add the disks by using Storage Manager .
About this task
If the RAID type is RAID-DP, and if you are adding FSAS or MSATA type of disks that are equal to or larger than 10 TB in size, then you can add them only to Specific RAID group , and not to New RAID group or All RAID groups .
The disks are added after downsizing the disk size to the size of the existing aggregates.
If the RAID group is RAID-TEC, and if you are adding FSAS or MSATA type of disks that are equal to or larger than 10 TB in size, then you can add them to All RAID groups , New RAID group , and Specific RAID group .
The disks are added after downsizing the disk size to the size of the existing aggregates.
- Choose one of the following methods:
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- In the Storage Tiers window , select the aggregate to which you want to add capacity disks, and then click More Actions > Add Capacity .
- In the Add Capacity dialog box, perform the following steps: