HP NetRAID-4M Configuration and Upgrade Guide (Release 5)

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Chapter 9 Issues and Problem Resolution
1
Online Capacity Expansion
2
Disk Manager
1
The disk always gets a signature to avoid NT 4.0 disk administrator pop-ups.
56 Move group function does not move the resource first time
Windows 2000 Dynamic
Disk Volume Created
From a New Empty Disk
Additional free space
never appears until there
is a reboot.
If basic disk, then you use
DM
2
to convert the disk
to dynamic, then you
create volume, then
extension is OK. (This
feature is not in the BIOS,
CLI, or GUI).
Table 9-3. NetRAID-4M Tools And Capabilities
NetRAID-4M Tools and Capabilities
BIOS
(Ctrl A)
NT 4.0
CLI &
GUI
Windows
2000 CLI
& GUI
Create a raw (empty) disk Yes
No
1
Yes
Create basic disk No Yes No
Create dynamic disk No N/A No
Write disk signatures No Yes No
Write partition tables No Yes No
Assign drive letters No Yes No
Display drive letters No Yes Yes
Display file system type No Yes Yes
Detect when the file system can be extended No Yes No
Create, remove, or extend the file system No Yes No
Detect when a container is a system or boot
partition
Yes (boot
only)
Yes No
Synchronizes display between GUI and DM No No No
Table 9-2. Free Space and File System Volume Extension
Free Space and Volume
Extension
Extend Disk Capacity
Free Space
Extend the File System
Volume