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July 12th, 2020 20:00
Adding ME424 Expansion to Production ME4024
We currently have a PowerVault ME4024 in production and would like to add an expansion PowerVault ME424 to it. Are we able to do this without having to power down the ME4024? We have production virtual machines running on this storage array and would prefer to avoid any downtime. Thanks!


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July 13th, 2020 10:00
Hi daviscruz,
I do not see anything that says that you have to shutdown in order to add expansion. So it should work with it up. Let us know if you have any additional questions.
daviscruz
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July 18th, 2020 03:00
Thank you very much for the guidance. I just wanted to make sure as I did find a note in the deployment guide under connecting expansion enclosures:
NOTE: To add expansion enclosures to an existing storage system, power down the controller enclosure before connecting the expansion enclosures.
I am hoping that it's an old note that is no longer applicable.
eduardobayon
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April 25th, 2023 10:00
Hello daviscruz. almost 3 years later and the NOTE still is present in the manual. Did you manage to install de expansion without any problems?
Thanks!