https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/windows-server-2016-drive-extension/m-p/7138735#M49057 <P>I installed a P441 Smart Arrray in my Proliant DL380 Gen 9 server and connected it to a D3600 with (12) 10 TB LFF drives. I used the Smart Storage Administrator to configure the D3600 as a Raid 6 logical partition. That all worked fine. We DID not purchase the backup battery for the cache. Once I started the server back up I went in to disk management and this is what I see.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="after drive cage install 06102021.PNG" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.hpe.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/123926iF8E92346ADFC882C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="after drive cage install 06102021.PNG" alt="after drive cage install 06102021.PNG" /></span>You can see disk 2 but why the 2 TB and 9 TB unallocated drives? Shouldnt there be just one 11 TB unallocated drive? What did I do wrong?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P> Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:46:02 GMT Eric Hutchinson_2 2021-06-10T16:46:02Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/windows-server-2016-drive-extension/m-p/7138735#M49057 <P>I installed a P441 Smart Arrray in my Proliant DL380 Gen 9 server and connected it to a D3600 with (12) 10 TB LFF drives. I used the Smart Storage Administrator to configure the D3600 as a Raid 6 logical partition. That all worked fine. We DID not purchase the backup battery for the cache. Once I started the server back up I went in to disk management and this is what I see.</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="after drive cage install 06102021.PNG" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.hpe.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/123926iF8E92346ADFC882C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="after drive cage install 06102021.PNG" alt="after drive cage install 06102021.PNG" /></span>You can see disk 2 but why the 2 TB and 9 TB unallocated drives? Shouldnt there be just one 11 TB unallocated drive? What did I do wrong?</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Thanks</P> Thu, 10 Jun 2021 16:46:02 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/windows-server-2016-drive-extension/m-p/7138735#M49057 Eric Hutchinson_2 2021-06-10T16:46:02Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/windows-server-2016-drive-extension/m-p/7139113#M49058 <P style="margin: 0;">Hello,</P> <P style="margin: 0;">Please follow the below link.</P> <P style="margin: 0;">Windows support for hard disks that are larger than 2 TB<BR /><A href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/support-for-hard-disks-exceeding-2-tb" target="_blank">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/support-for-hard-disks-exceeding-2-tb</A></P> <P style="margin: 0;">I would suggest you contact to Microsoft, if the issue still persist.</P> <P style="margin: 0;">If you feel this was helpful please click the KUDOS! thumb below! &nbsp;&nbsp;</P> <P style="margin: 0;">Regards,</P> <P style="margin: 0;"><BR />&nbsp;</P> Mon, 14 Jun 2021 08:58:15 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/disk-enclosures/windows-server-2016-drive-extension/m-p/7139113#M49058 SanjeevGoyal 2021-06-14T08:58:15Z