Hello,

How do I use the OCE option on my raid card. I did not buy any yet. But it would be one of areca, 3ware, adaptec, LSI or the Perc 5 in a dell server.

1. Add a harddrive (hotswap is supported) when system is running
2. Select the raid configuration to expand and add the new harddisk
3. Expand the volumegroup, and logical volumes


Questions about the steps:
2. How is this possible without bringing the system down (BIOS: not an option)
Normally done: Storagemanager in OS (windows or ....)
Only open-e is running so I can't install client appliacation.
How can this(if possible) be done in open-e without shutting down the system?
And does this work for every raid controller?
3. after step 2, is the volumegroup expansion done automaically? (cause the raid set has grown) Or should I make open-e 'aware' of the expansion.

Thanks for your help (again)