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Chapter 7 Preparing for Online Capacity Expansion 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 NetWare's Install module. • You already installed NetWare as discussed in Chapter 5. 1. 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. While the message is flashing, press or . 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 Series adapter, do the following to select the 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. 7. From the Logical Drive menu for the drive you want to prepare, choose Properties. 8. Choose Virtual Sizing. 9. On the Virtual Size menu, choose Enable, and confirm your choice. 10. Press ESC twice to return to the Logical Drive menu. If you need to enable Virtual Sizing on another logical drive on the same adapter, choose the logical drive and repeat steps 6 through 10. 85

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Chapter 7
Preparing for Online Capacity Expansion
85
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 NetWare's Install module.
•
You already installed NetWare as discussed in Chapter 5.
1.
Enable Virtual Sizing.
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.
While the message is flashing, press <Ctrl> <M> or <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 Series adapter, do the following to
select the 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.
7.
From the Logical Drive menu for the drive you want to prepare, choose
Properties
.
8.
Choose
Virtual Sizing
.
9.
On the Virtual Size menu, choose
Enable
, and confirm your choice.
10.
Press ESC twice to return to the Logical Drive menu.
If you need to enable Virtual Sizing on another logical drive on the same
adapter, choose the logical drive and repeat steps 6 through 10.