Configure hp proliant dl360pdl380p gen8 raid techzone. Any one know if this utility can expand the logical drive after adding. For more information, see drive arrays and faulttolerance methods on page 98. Hpe p420i smart array expand array hpe hardware spiceworks. However, i have this dl360p gen8 that i rescued from the. Hp smart array p420i raid 5 hdd and volume expansion. Proliant dl360p with smart array p420i cant expand array. Hi everyone just curious if this is possible or not, i assume i will proably have to rebuild from scratch.
Hp smart array p420i raid 5 hdd and volume expansion you have a couple of options, you can easily add two more 1tb drives and expand the current raid 5. Making sure that sas array a is selected we clicked on the expand array option. Funny enough the p420i can still see the drives in the configuration tool gui version and report on their write life, even thought they arent connected. Hpe smart array controllers do not support boot volumes exceeding 2. Without cache the rebuild on smart array p410i will take 12 to 14 minutes per gb. Disable smart array cache for certain logical volume esxi 5.
Proliant dl360p with smart array p420i cant expand array hi, i have 2 x hp proliant dl360p gen8 servers e52620v2 1p 4gbr p410izm 460w ps servertv which both report having the p420i smart array controller installed despite the model description on the invoice saying p410i. Expanding disk group, 4 to 6 disks ibm m5015 153 duration. The sap420 controller supports up to 27 drives depending on the server. If you want to replace the existing array with larger drives, you will need to replace each disk one at a time waiting for the array to recover between each disk swap.
Comparison of the utilities feature acu cpqonlin orca. Expand raid 5 with hp smart array p440ar controller. Solved help add disks to existing hp 420i array vmware. Extendexpand an existing raid 1 logical drive hewlett.
Hpe smart array cli commands on esxi kalles playground. When i go into the smart storage administrator tool there is no option to expand the array. I had a two drive 146gb in a raid 1 config on a bl460c, i have swapped out the drives one by one with two 300gb drives. We cant see the hot spare in logical view so we change to physical view.
Unable to load controller drivers for smart array p420i. How to expand raid 5 on hp server with p410i card controller. Use the array tool to expand the array with the two new drives, reboot into. Addition of the flash backed cache upgrade enables array expansion, logical drive extension, raid migration, and stripe size migration. Hp p420ip440i hba mode on if you want to use embedded controller on dl series without the smart raid and just as passthroughhba itmodejbod controller shafay2000 jul. We unselected the spare drive and chose save near the bottom right. You can create up to 2 logical drives and all options like expand, extend array ect. I am trying to expand one of the logical drives in my hp proliant dl380p server. Follow the prompts at the bios array screen and choose the f2 option to reenable all logical drives. Hp smart array p410i drive expansion solutions experts.
Hpe proliant smart array controller driver for vmware vsphere 6. Humor me for a few here im well aware of the specifics of why a controller like the hp smartarray series is not necessarily a good fit for zfs. Hp dl360p gen8 p420i controller ixsystems community. Configuring arrays on hp smart array controllers reference. Find answers to unable to load controller drivers for smart array p420i from the expert community at experts exchange. It will start much faster and to configure single logical disks more. Does the hp smart storage administrator require a license now to perform this function. With cache enable the rebuild will take 20 to 30 seconds per gb. We clicked the select all 4 drives check and clicked save. Expand raid 5 with hp smart array p440ar controller we have a proliant dl360 gen9 with a smart array p440ar controller containing 4 x 600gb 12g sas 15k drives configured in to 1 logical drive. How to expand the raid volume with additional disks youtube.
Expand raid 5 with hp smart array p440ar controller we have a proliant dl360 gen9 with a smart array p440ar controller containing 4 x 600gb 12g sas 15k drives configured in to 1 logical drive using raid 5. I read something about needing a battery connected to the controller in order to accomplish this. Requirements for a live raid array disk size expansion hp smart array with battery pack. The builtin p420i controller does not have the smart array advanced. Online arraylogical drive expansion with smart array controllers is only available with a battery or flashbacked cache unit. Raid5 on smartarray p410i online resize server fault. Using the hp smart storage administrator, i dont see the option to expand array. How to expand your synology nas with additional or larger drives duration.
The deliviered hp raid controller driver can detect and support the new smart array p420i controller, but we really recommend to update the driver and. Making sure that sas array a is selected we clicked on the expand array. Expand array on p410i using hp smart storage administrator. The one strange issue that i ran across is when i have a logical drive configured with the boot flag set on the p420i, the server would not complete the post with that nvme installed. To guard against the data loss that occurs when a drive fails, configure all logical drives in an array with a suitable faulttolerance raid method.
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