PowerEdge: How Reconfigure a Virtual disk or add additional hard drives.

The following article provides information about how to expand and how to Reconfigure a virtual disk.

If you have a Virtual Disk (VD) already set-up, you must add additional disks to the disk group to increase the capacity that this guide provides the steps on how to add or Reconfigure the virtual disk group using the RAID BIOS.

 

   

 

 

Steps:

1. Access the BIOS by F2 > Device Settings
   
   
   Figure 1: Expand Virtual Disk 1
   
    
2. Select RAID Controller
   
   
   Figure 2: Expand Virtual Disk 2
    
3. In the Dashboard view, select Main Menu
   
   
   Figure 3: Expand Virtual Disk 3
   
    
4. Select Virtual Disk Management
   
   Figure 4: Expand Virtual Disk 4
   
    
5. Select the virtual disk that is changed
   
   
   Figure 5: Expand Virtual Disk 5
   
    
6. In the drop-down, select Reconfigure Virtual Disks and press GO button
   
   Figure 6: Expand Virtual Disk 6
   
    
7. Select the RAID Level and level and press button Choose the Operation
   
   
   Figure 7: Expand Virtual Disk 7
   
    
8. Select the disks to be added at VD and press button Apply Changes.
   
   
   Figure 8: Expand Virtual Disk 8
   
    
9. Confirm the operation and click in YES.
   
   
   Figure 9: Expand Virtual Disk 9
   
    
10. Press the button Start Operation
    
    
    Figure 10: Expand Virtual Disk 10
    
     
11. Press button OK to complete the operation.
    
    
    Figure 11: Expand Virtual Disk 11
    
     
12. To view, see the status of the virtual disk 
    
    
    Figure 12: Expand Virtual Disk 12
    
     

After the reconstruction starts, the system can be left in the raid BIOS until complete, or the system can be rebooted into the operating system.
Note: If the system is rebooted into the operating system, the system performance is impacted until the rebuild has been completed.
 

 

Related articles and videos:
 

• This article is part of the Server Tutorials: "RAID and Disks" 
   
• Performing Online Capacity Expansion on PERC controller
   
• Dell OpenManage Storage Services 8.2 - RAID 10 Virtual Disk Expansion by Adding Physical Disks