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Figure A-1: Disk Change Notification Page
3. To add the disk to the storage system, click “Add New Disk”. If the information on this page
is not correct, click “Scan” to scan the storage system again and update the page. You can
also click “Shut Down” to shut down the storage system, but you will be presented with this
page again the next time you access the Manager. When you click “Add New Disk”, the Add
New Disk page appears.
4. Take the desired action:
• To add the disk to a linear configuration or use it as a spare for a normal three-disk RAID 5
configuration: Click “Add” and the Disks page will indicate the current state of the disk
configuration.
• To add the disk to the storage system but not add it to the RAID at this time: Click “Ignore”
and the Disks page will list that the disk is part of the storage system, but its status is New,
indicating that it is not being used. If you subsequently reconfigure the disks, you will be able
to use this new disk.
• To return to the previous page (for example, to re-scan the storage system): Click “Back”.
Adding hard disks to a degraded RAID configuration
To add a hard disk to a degraded RAID configuration:
1. Insert the hard disk into the storage system. You can do this whether the storage system is
powered on or off.
2. Access the Manager or refresh the browser window. The Disk Change Notification page will
appear (Figure A-2):