all the drives are on the same port on the array. there is only one cable. is there something i'm missing? should they be in different bays I assume the ports coresepond to a channel(or not)? Thanks
Medeiros, Jose wrote: > Tom, > > Your using a 5300 controller? Sounds like the issue that your having > is that the drive your using is connected to the wrong channel of the > array. > > The 5300 is either a 2 or 4 channel controller. > > http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantstorage/arraycontrollers/smartarray5300/index.htmlMake > sure your on the latest version of Firmware which is 3.54b. Compaq > gave lifetime technical support for servers and three year hardware > replacement warranty. > > I would also call HP their support can walk you through your issue > and it's a free call 800-474-6836. > > Regards, > > Jose Medeiros > > ------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kern, Tom > Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 6:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Compaq raid controllers(OT) > > > I'm using a compaq 5300. Everytime I add a drive, it goes to array B > and i can't seem to find anyway to move it to arrray A. > > also, i had a logical drive on an extended partition in windows 2k. > it was a basic disk and i upgraded to dynamic and i'm not allowed to > extend it to another physical drive(array B). > Is this by design or am I missing something? > Does a drive have to be originally formatted as dynamic to achieve > this? > thanks for all your help > > > > Medeiros, Jose wrote: >> Hi Tom, >> >> What model controller do you have? I expanded a our raid 5 array on a >> Compaq Proliant 1500 using a Smart 2DH raid controller with NT 3.51 >> back in 1998 when I supported the servers at LSI Logic and it worked >> with out having to recreate the array. Glenn is right that lower end >> Proliant controllers did not support this option. >> >> As for Expanding the C: Partition Power Quest has a product called >> Server Magic ( They are now owned by Symantec and changed the name >> to Volume Manager ). >> >> If your only expanding the data partition's you can do so with >> Dynamic Volumes in 2000 / 2003 server and then add the additional >> space once you have added it to the drive array in the controller >> raid utility. >> >> Regards, >> >> Jose Medeiros >> MCP+I, MCSE, NT4 MCT >> http://www.ntea.net >> http://www.sfntug.org >> >> >> ------------------------------------------ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glenn Corbett >> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 4:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] Compaq raid controllers(OT) >> >> >> Tom, >> >> First Question. Some of the older Compaq RAID Controllers didn't >> allow raid expansion, but all of the new models (52xx, 5i, 64xx, 6i) >> should allow this. Check the firmware levels on the card, and also >> check the version of the PSP (ProLiant Support Pack) your running on >> the server. From within Windows, you should be able to expand the >> array no problems. There will be performance hit while it does it >> (since its shuffling data around), but the machine should be >> reasonably happy. >> >> Second Question. You *might* be able to extended the C: partition, >> but the requirements outlined in the Microsoft Support Article: >> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;325590, are >> fairly stringent: >> >> - For Basic volumes, the unallocated space for the extension must be >> the next contiguous space on the same disk (this wouldnt be do-able, >> unless you deleted the second partition before attempting the >> resize). - Only the extension of data volumes is supported. System >> or boot volumes may be blocked from being extended. (well, seeing as >> your trying to extend the C: drive, this could be a problem) >> >> Last Question, A Single Channel (scsi bus) within a controller can >> have any number of arrays consisting anywhere from a single drive, >> up to a full bus. Its purely a logical distinction. >> >> Glenn >> >> Kern, Tom wrote: >> >>> Hi, I have a server with a 70gig raid 5 array(3 physical drives). Is >>> there any way to add more drives to extend the array to more length. >>> Like adding a 30gig drive to the existing raid array and making a >>> 100gig c: drive or is this impossible. >>> everytime I add a new drive to the controller, compaq sees 2 arrays- >>> arrayA being the 70gig(3 drives) and arrayB being the new drive. It >>> doesn't give me an option of adding the 30gig drive to arrayA. so i >>> have 2 paritions in widows- a 70gig c: volume and a 30 gig E: >>> volume. so, i have 2 questions-\is it not possible on the hardware >>> level to add a new drive to an already existing array? >>> >>> and, is there any way to extend the c: partition?(this is win2k and >>> i assume its not because the drive was originally a basic disk, but >>> i just want to make sure). i assume if you format any drive as basic >>> and later upgrade to dynamic, extending a non-contigious volume >>> won't work... >>> >>> Ok, i have one more question as well :)- >>> when a raid controller shows 2 arrays, does that mean the drives are >>> on 2 diff scsi channels or is that just a logical distinction.. >>> >>> Thanks alot. sorry for the OT, i know this isn't a compaq list... >>> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >>> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >>> List archive: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> List archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ >> >> List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx >> List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx >> List archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
