topic Re: Smart Array 6402 in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

Smart Array 6402

Marcello Ferraro — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 09:34:58 GMT

Hello,
I have a ML370g3 with a SA6402 and 4 hdd of 146gb in a raid 5, I want to extend de logical drive with the ACU. But when a extend de array and after de logical drive, i have a msg that the max that a can extend is 514gb because some OS not support bigger Logical drive...

My OS is W2k with spk4.

Spk 7.0 with ACU 7.0.1.0

Somebody had this msg before?

Thanks a lot

Regards

Re: Smart Array 6402

JohnWRuffo — Thu, 08 Jul 2004 10:34:36 GMT

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?locale=en_US&taskId=110&prodSeriesId=367226&prodTypeId=329290&objectID=PSD_EX040330_CW01

To retain the option of migrating the logical drive stripe size to a larger stripe size, do not use all available disk space when creating logical drives. A minimum of 256 KB per physical disk must remain unassigned in the array to retain this option. For example, if four 146 GB disk drives are used to configure a RAID 5 array, 1,024KB of unassigned drive space should remain (256 KB X 4) to allow migrating to a larger stripe size.

Re: Smart Array 6402

Marcello Ferraro — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 02:13:01 GMT

Thanks John for your answer,

I read the answers Igor's case in
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=631026&admit=716493758+1089353078278+28353475
Igor's case
So can I, without making again my LD, change the stripe size and after I make the extention with another HDD?

Thanks
Marcello

Re: Smart Array 6402

Igor Karasik — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 03:33:39 GMT

Marcello,
Did you try to use latest ACU as
Vijay suggested?
I see in description: added support for the following:
"Extending any logical drive to new size of up to 2TB.
Creating logical drives to a max size of 2TB using 32 sectors (Max boot disabled)"
I will try it on Sunday.

Igor

Re: Smart Array 6402

Igor Karasik — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 14:41:51 GMT

Marcello,
latest ACU help me!!!
I did it today, despite commonly we don't work Friday/Saturday.
Hope it will also work for you.

Re: Smart Array 6402

Marcello Ferraro — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 01:20:50 GMT

Thanks Igor and John for your help