Add disks to HPE 3par 7200

[MRefaay]

hello
we have hpe 3par 7200 and we need to add new disks

how we can do that only inserting the disks to the 3par, and how to expand the volume group with the new disks

and also please any requirements or considerations need to check before proceeding with this.

Thansk

[support_s]

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1. HPE 3PAR Peer Motion and HPE 3PAR Online Import User Guide

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[Cali · Accepted solution]

For the 7200 you need additional Disk licenses for up to 48 Disks.
So first check, if you have more than 48 Disks today, otherwise, you add the Disk and without a License nothing happens.

If Licensing is OK, add Disks, always in Pairs by Shelf, and give 1-2 min Time for normalization between inserting.

If all is done, use the command "admithw" to add the Disk to the Array (logically).

If you have old Firmware, maybe some Disks are not recognized, in this case, a Firmware Update is needed.

Cali