HP P3410A HP NetRAID Series User Guide - Page 137

Chapter 6 Capacity Expansion 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. 131