HP ProLiant ML310 G3 Server - Manual (Page 15)

Configuring the disk drives
The primary logical drive, which contains the operating system, is the only drive on the server that
is configured during the operating system installation. Additional space that is not partitioned is
also located on the primary drive. This non partitioned space and any additional disk drives on
the server must be partitioned and formatted using Disk Administrator before they can be available
for use.
If an array controller has been purchased with the server, see “Configuring array controllers”
(page 25) for procedures.
1. Click Start, and then select All Programs>Administrative Tools>Computer Management.
2. Expand the Storage directory, and then select Disk Management. The disk and logical drive
information appears on the right side of the window.
3. If the new logical drive created by the ACU does not appear on the bottom right side of the
Computer Management window as an unallocated space, click Action, and then click Rescan
Disks.
4. On the bottom right panel, right-click Disk 1 and then select Initialize Disk.
5. On the Initialize Disk screen, select Disk 1, and then click OK. The disk is identified as a Basic
disk.
6. Right-click the box containing the disk size, which is labeled Unallocated, and then select New
Volume (Simple, Spanned, Striped, Mirror).
7. On the New Partition Wizard screen, click Next.
8. To use the maximum disk space, click Next or at the Specify Volume Size screen, enter the
size you want for the partition.
9. Click Next to accept the drive letter assigned by default at the Assign Drive Letter or Path
screen. The Format Partition screen appears.
10. To format the drive, select the appropriate file system format (the default selection is NTFS)
and the Allocation Unit Size.
a. Enter the Volume Label or accept the default label.
11. (Optional) Select Perform a quick format and Enable file and folder compression.
12. If the drive will not be formatted, select Do not format this partition.
13. Click Next.
14. On the Completing the New Partition Wizard screen, click Finish. The partition is formatted
to the file system that was selected and is labeled Healthy at the completion of the format.
For more information on configuring the new disk drives and upgrading to dynamic disks, see the
Operating system documentation.
Creating an additional page file
When additional memory or software applications are installed on the server, errors can occur in
the event log, indicating that the C: drive is nearing capacity. To solve this problem, move
applications located on the C: drive to another partition or create a page file. Creating the
page file on a separate partition to support the amount of memory in the server is the most efficient
solution.
After an additional page file is created, set the page file on the boot partition to the amount of
memory in the server. For additional information about creating page files, see the Help file, which
can be accessed by clicking Start and selecting Help and Support if your operating system is
Windows Server 2008 R2. But, If your operating system is Windows Server 2012, Press button
from the keyboard, right click anywhere on Start Page and click on All Apss>Windows System
>Help and Support.
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