Expanding the Online Capacity of a Volume for MR200/MR4000 Controllers

Perform the following steps to expand the capacity of a volume.
Attention: This feature is available only for MR200/MR4000 controllers. For previous generations, the online capacity of a volume cannot be expanded when the existing array size is used. See RAID Level Transformation for information on expanding the capacity by doing a RAID level migration.
  1. Navigate to the Controller Dashboard, click an array name (for example, Array_1) then click the icon that corresponds to an array to display its contents. .
    The volumes and drives associated with the selected array appear.
  2. Click the volume whose capacity you want to expand.
  3. Select More Actions > Expand.
    The Expand Volume dialog appears.
    Figure 1. Expand Volume Dialog
  4. Select the percentage of the available capacity that you want the volume to use.
  5. Click Expand.
    The volume expands by the selected percentage of the available capacity.