Adding nodes to your Fusion Data Foundation storage

You can select additional nodes to expand your provider storage configuration.

Before you begin

Configure Fusion Data Foundation local storage. For more information about the configuration, see Configuring Data Foundation local storage.

About this task

Note: When the Fusion Data Foundation is in dedicated mode and Global Data Platform service is also enabled, you cannot add nodes to scale out.

For Red Hat® OpenShift® Data Foundation deployed outside of IBM Fusion, you cannot add nodes from IBM Fusion instead you get redirected to add nodes from OpenShift Container Platform web console.

Procedure

In the Data Foundation page, click Add nodes in the Storage nodes section.
The Add storage nodes window gets displayed.
In the Add storage nodes window, select one or more nodes.
The Summary section includes usable capacity, current total, and projected total. The Current total indicates the previous selection and Projected total is an aggregation of the previous and new selection.
Click Add.
The Data Foundation page is displayed. After the selected node is added to the configuration successfully, the Add button changes to Configuring. After the configuration completes, the button changes to Complete with a green tick mark. When there are no more nodes available for expansion, the Add nodes button gets grayed out.
If the Add button is not enabled, or if the storage nodes list does not display the correct data despite available storage nodes, follow these steps:
1. In the OpenShift Container Platform console, open the OdfCluster CR in edit mode.
2. Add the following field and save the CR:
```
localVolumeSetSpec:
   deviceTypes:
      - disk
      - part
   diskType: SSD
```
3. Go to the Add storage nodes page of the IBM Fusion user interface and check whether the Storage node lists properly and the Add button is enabled.
Add disks to the storage nodes.
Add node does not add capacities automatically on these nodes. For more information about the procedure to add capacity when Fusion Data Foundation storage is external to IBM Fusion, see Red Hat Documentation.