Adding Drives; Migrating Hard Drives To An Optional Smart Array Controller; Migrating Hard Drives To An Optional Smart Array Controller (Windows) - HP Smart Array B140i User Manual

Restore the data from backup, if necessary.
c.
Verify the new drive configuration by running HPE SSA
7.
23).
After the drives have been moved, confirm that the total number of hard drives on the new controller does
not exceed the maximum number of supported hard drives for that controller model and firmware version.

Adding drives

You can add hard drives to a system at any time if you do not exceed the maximum number of drives that
the controller supports. You can then build a new array from the added drives.
If the hard drives that you intend to add to the system are configured into logical drives, you must meet
certain conditions before adding the hard drives to the system. For more information, see "Moving hard
drives and arrays (on page 20)."
Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array
controller
Install the optional controller. To install an optional Smart Array controller, see the server user guide.
1.
Do one of the following:
2.
Migrate the hard drives (Windows).
o
Migrate the hard drives (Linux).
o

Migrating hard drives to an optional Smart Array controller

(Windows)
This section provides instructions to migrate hard drives from an embedded Dynamic Smart Array RAID
controller to an optional Smart Array controller in a server with a Microsoft Windows operating system.
Installing the Smart Array driver (Windows)
To install the driver from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website (http://www.hpe.com/support/hpesc):
When prompted for product information, enter the Smart Array controller model number in the
1.
product field.
Select Download drivers and software.
2.
Select the appropriate operating system.
3.
Download the HPE ProLiant Smart Array SAS/SATA Controller Driver package.
4.
To install the driver, run the Smart Array Controller Driver package.
5.
When the driver is installed, complete the migration procedure
Smart Array controller
Completing the migration to an optional Smart Array controller (Windows)
To complete the migration to the Smart Array controller:
Back up all data.
1.
Access the Device Manager menu:
2.
Right-click My Computer.
a.
Select Manage.
b.
(Windows)" on page 21).
("HPE Smart Storage Administrator" on page
("Completing the migration to an optional
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