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LC2000 Upgrade

Dillenseger Eric — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:44:16 GMT

Hello,
We're about to upgrade our LC2000 by adding 3 new 18Gb disks and a second CPU.
The server is running Win2k Server with an HP Netraid 1M card and 3 18Gb disks.
My question is, can we add the 3 new disks and extend the logical volume without having to re-install the OS? I know that Mylex AcceleRAID cards allow to do this. But I don't know for HP card.

Thanks.

Re: LC2000 Upgrade

Theo Hill_1 — Wed, 11 Sep 2002 13:36:04 GMT

Yes you can. Using netraid assistant, you can add the capacity to the existing array. Netraid assistant is available from the navigator CD or from here:

http://h20004.www2.hp.com/keeper_rnotes/bsdmatrix/matrix51915.html

Download the one labeled:

Utility for HP NetRAID-1M/2M, NetRAID-1Si/3Si, Integrated NetRAID, NetRAID-1, NetRAID (Windows NT4, Windows 2000)
B.02.00
24-Jun-02 ut_ntw2k_nr_nra_b0200.exe
English 6.18 MB

You can do the upgrade while in the OS, or you can boot from the Nav CD and run the netraid assistant. Once you are in netraid assistant, highlight the new drives marked as ready in the physical drive view. Then highlight the array you want to add the drives to in the logical drive view. Then from the Logical Drive pull down menu, select change config, then add capacity. Now this will take some time and would go faster with no users accessing the system.

Re: LC2000 Upgrade

Dillenseger Eric — Thu, 12 Sep 2002 09:29:23 GMT

thanks for the answer, solved my problem.