To accommodate increased storage demands and to expand the storage pool available to the Oracle FS System, you can add Drive Enclosures to the system. You can combine additional DE2-24P Drive Enclosures and DE2-24C Drive Enclosures in the same system.
In Oracle FS System Manager (GUI), log in with a support administrator account and select .
In Oracle FS CLI, run the software_update ‑list ‑installed command.
Additionally, determine whether sufficient space exists in the rack for the new Drive Enclosures. The PDUs installed in the rack must have enough free circuits. If the PDUs cannot accommodate more Drive Enclosures or if the rack lacks space for more Drive Enclosures, then you must set up additional racks.
The existing PDU arrangements are insufficient to fulfill power requirements. The system must be powered off to add PDUs to the existing PDU arrangement.
The current layout of the hardware in the racks requires changes to accommodate the length limits for cables that are used for Controller-to-Drive Enclosure connections and Drive Enclosure-to-Drive Enclosure connections.
Distribute the new Drive Enclosures across the existing Drive Enclosure strings that contain less than five Drive Enclosures. Adding to an existing Drive Enclosure string is non-disruptive to the system.
When adding Drive Enclosures to an existing Drive Enclosure string, attach the new Drive Enclosure to the last Drive Enclosure on the string.
Create a new Drive Enclosure string. You can add up to five Drive Enclosures to a new string. A new Drive Enclosure string requires an available SAS HBA port.