Preparation Steps For Windows 2000 - HP P3410A - NetRAID 1M RAID Controller User Manual

Chapter 6

Preparation Steps for Windows 2000

This section tells you how to disable Virtual Sizing to permit online capacity
expansion. Online capacity expansion under Windows 2000 requires the
following:
Windows 2000 is already installed.
HP NetRAID Assistant is already installed. The version of HP NetRAID
Assistant must be the same or newer than version A.02.02.
The logical drive that you plan to expand must be running in Basic Disk
Mode in Windows 2000. Refer to your Windows 2000 documentation for
information.
The logical drive that you plan to expand must have Virtual Sizing
disabled (the factory default condition). Instructions for disabling appear
later in this section.
The following steps are necessary to prepare your logical drive for online capacity
expansion:
I. Connect drives to the HP NetRAID Series adapter or integrated
HP NetRAID controller
II. Configure the HP NetRAID Series adapter or integrated HP NetRAID
controller
III. Disable Virtual Sizing in HP NetRAID Express Tools
I. Connect Drives
Connect physical drives to the HP NetRAID Series adapter or integrated
HP NetRAID controller. For example, you might have four drives of 4 GB each
connected to the adapter.
II. Configure the HP NetRAID Series Adapter or Integrated HP NetRAID Controller
NOTE The Online Capacity Expansion feature is supported only on
arrays that contain just one logical drive each.
Configure your adapter and create your logical drives. (This can be done in either
HP NetRAID Assistant or in HP NetRAID Express Tools. See Chapter 2,
"HP NetRAID Assistant," or Chapter 4, "HP NetRAID Express Tools," for
complete instructions.) Save your configuration and initialize your logical drives.
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