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Chapter 7 Preparing for Online Capacity Expansion The only other requirement to prepare for online capacity expansion of your logical drive is that virtual sizing is disabled. This is the factory default setting. • If Virtual Sizing is Disabled (the factory default setting), no other preparation is necessary. • If Virtual Sizing is Enabled, disable virtual sizing in HP NetRAID Express Tools, as described below. To Disable Virtual Sizing NOTE Clearing a previous configuration does not reset the virtual sizing setting for a logical drive. Use the Reset to Factory Defaults option in HP NetRAID Express Tools to disable virtual sizing for all logical drives, or manually change the setting as described below. The factory default is that virtual sizing is disabled. If virtual sizing has been enabled, disable it as follows: 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 Drive menu, choose the logical drive you want to prepare for expansion. 96

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Chapter 7
Preparing for Online Capacity Expansion
96
The only other requirement to prepare for online capacity expansion of your
logical drive is that virtual sizing is disabled. This is the factory default setting.
•
If Virtual Sizing is Disabled
(the factory default setting), no other
preparation is necessary.
•
If Virtual Sizing is Enabled
, disable virtual sizing in HP NetRAID
Express Tools, as described below.
To Disable Virtual Sizing
NOTE
Clearing a previous configuration does not reset the virtual
sizing setting for a logical drive. Use the Reset to Factory
Defaults option in HP NetRAID Express Tools to disable
virtual sizing for all logical drives, or manually change the
setting as described below.
The factory default is that virtual sizing is disabled. If virtual sizing has been
enabled, disable it as follows:
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 Drive menu, choose the logical drive you want to
prepare for expansion.