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Chapter 7 Preparing for Online Capacity Expansion 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 there is more than one HP NetRAID-1M or 2M adapter installed (including any integrated HP NetRAID controller), 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. 4. Choose Objects from the Tools Management menu. 5. Choose Logical Drive from the Objects menu. 6. From the Logical Drives menu, choose the logical drive you want to prepare for expansion. 7. From the Logical Drive menu for the drive you want to prepare, choose Properties. 8. Choose Virtual Sizing. 9. On the Virtual Size Feature menu, choose Disable, and confirm your choice. 10. Press Esc twice to return to the Logical Drive menu. If you need to disable virtual sizing on another logical drive, choose the logical drive and repeat steps 6 through 10. 11. If there is more than one HP NetRAID-1M or 2M adapter installed (including any integrated HP NetRAID controller), press Esc to return to the Objects menu. Disable virtual sizing on the logical drives of all adapters as necessary. 12. To exit, press Esc until you see the Exit? box, then choose Yes. 89

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Chapter 7
Preparing for Online Capacity Expansion
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1.
Restart the host HP Netserver, and watch for the message:
Option: Experienced users may press <Ctrl> <M> for
HP NetRAID Express Tools now.
Firmware Initializing
2.
When the message is displayed, press <
Ctrl
> <
M
>. When the system
stops scanning, HP NetRAID Express Tools starts and displays the Tools
Management menu.
3.
If there is more than one HP NetRAID-1M or 2M adapter installed
(including any integrated HP NetRAID controller), 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.
4.
Choose
Objects
from the Tools Management menu.
5.
Choose
Logical Drive
from the Objects menu.
6.
From the Logical Drives menu, choose the logical drive you want to
prepare for expansion.
7.
From the Logical Drive menu for the drive you want to prepare, choose
Properties
.
8.
Choose
Virtual Sizing
.
9.
On the Virtual Size Feature menu, choose
Disable
, and confirm your
choice.
10.
Press
Esc
twice to return to the Logical Drive menu.
If you need to disable virtual sizing on another logical drive, choose the
logical drive and repeat steps 6 through 10.
11.
If there is more than one HP NetRAID-1M or 2M adapter installed
(including any integrated HP NetRAID controller), press
Esc
to return to
the Objects menu. Disable virtual sizing on the logical drives of all
adapters as necessary.
12.
To exit, press
Esc
until you see the Exit? box, then choose
Yes
.