You can add a second metadata drive on a SolidFire node by converting the block drive in slot 2 to a slice drive. This is accomplished by enabling the multi-drive slice service (MDSS) feature. To enable this feature, you must contact NetApp Support.
About this task
Getting a slice drive into an available state might require replacing a failed drive with a new or spare drive. You must add the system slice drive at the same time you add the drive for slot 2. If you try to add the slot 2 slice drive alone or before you add the system slice drive, the system will generate an error.
Procedure
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Click .
- Click Available to view the list of available drives.
- Select the slice drives to add.
- Click Bulk Actions.
- Click Add.
- Confirm from the Active Drives tab that the drives have been added.