Assigning The New Devices To Volumes - HP XP20000/XP24000 Configuration Manual

3. Press Insert, then select a device where you want to create a partition.
4.
Select "NSS" as the partition type.
5.
Enter the size of the partition in bytes (B), kilobytes (KB), megabytes (MB), or gigabytes (GB) and
click OK.

Assigning the new devices to volumes

A volume can span as many as 32 devices, so you can assign more than one device to a volume.
The addition of new volumes to the NetWare server may require a memory upgrade. See the NetWare
documentation or contact Novell customer support.
NetWare 5.x
1. On the Available Disk Options screen, click NetWare Volume options and press Enter to display
the volume options.
The existing volumes are listed by volume name, and the volume options are displayed at the
bottom of the screen.
2. Execute the "Add/View/Modify volume segments" command by pressing the Ins or F3 key.
The Segment List of Volume Disk screen displays the existing devices by device number. The
Volume assignment column displays "(free space)" for each device that is not yet assigned to a
volume.
3. Execute the "Make a volume assignment" command as follows:
1. Move the cursor to the line containing the desired device.
2. Move the cursor onto "(free space)" in the Volume assignment column.
3. Press Enter.
4. When the What do you want to do with this free segment? message appears,
select the desired option, and press Enter. If you selected "Make this segment part of another
volume," select the volume you want to add this segment to, and press Enter.
5. In the Disk Segment Parameters screen, enter the new volume name (or verify the selected volume),
and enter the disk segment size. The segment size is the same as the partition size entered during
disk partitioning.
6. Press F10to save the new volume information and return to the Volume Disk Segment List screen.
7. On the Volume Disk Segment List screen, press F10 to save the new volume information and
return to the volume list.
8. Repeat the steps 1–7 until you have assigned all new disk array devices to volumes. When you
are finished assigning new devices to volumes, press Esc to save your volume changes.
9. When the confirmation message appears, click Yes and then press Enter to save all changes and
return to the Installation Option screen.
NetWare 6.0
1. Using ConsoleOne, right click the targeted server and click Properties.
2. Click the Media tab and select NSSPools.
3. Click New... to open the Create a New Logical Volume screen and enter the name for the new
pool. Then click Next.
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