HP P3410A HP NetRAID Series User Guide - Page 117

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion I. Connect Disk Drives to HP NetRAID 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 HP NetRAID Series adapter. II. Configure HP NetRAID NOTE The Online Capacity Expansion feature is supported only on arrays that contain just one logical drive each. Configure your HP NetRAID Series adapter or integrated HP NetRAID controller and create your logical drives. (This can be done in either HP NetRAID Config or in HP NetRAID Express Tools. See Chapter 3, "HP NetRAID Config," or Chapter 4, "HP NetRAID Express Tools," for complete instructions.) Save your configuration and initialize your logical drives. NOTE It is important to initialize your logical drives. If the drives have been previously configured under an operating system, there can sometimes be residual partition/format information which subsequently causes misrepresentation of logical drives under the NetWare 4.2 Install module. For example, your array of four drives (of 4 GB each) might be configured as a single RAID 5 logical drive. This produces a logical drive of 12 GB of real storage capacity, with 4 GB used for parity. III. Enable Virtual Sizing 1. Restart the host HP NetServer, and watch for the message: Option: Experienced users may press for HP NetRAID Express Tools now. Firmware Initializing 2. When the message is displayed, press . When the system stops scanning, HP NetRAID Express Tools starts and displays the Tools Management menu. 3. If you have installed one or more HP NetRAID Series adapters, do the following to select the integrated controller or adapter controlling a logical drive you want to prepare for expansion: a. Choose Adapter from the Tools Management menu. b. Choose the adapter controlling the logical drive. 111