Accessory Board Installation Guidelines; Irq Settings; Boot Priority; Installing A Disk Array Controller Board - HP D5970A - NetServer - LCII Guía Del Usuario

Chapter 5

Accessory Board Installation Guidelines

The following sections provide the guidelines necessary to install a PCI accessory
board into the HP Netserver LP 1000r.

IRQ Settings

The IRQ settings are automatically assigned and don't require user intervention.
The HP Netserver uses the Plug-and-Play feature of the PCI board to correctly
assign its resources automatically.

Boot Priority

The Netserver's boot priority (BIOS search order for a boot drive) should be
considered when selecting a boot device. This is especially important if you are
installing a board that requires an early number in the boot order.
The embedded SCSI controller consists of two channels, A and B. Channel A is
used to control the internal Hot Swap SCSI drives. Channel B is used to control
the external SCSI devices, including a backup tape drive. On each SCSI channel,
the Netserver scans for a boot device starting at device ID 0 and works up from
there.
By default the Netserver searches for boot devices in this order:
1. IDE CD-ROM drive
2. Flexible disk drive
3. SCSI A channel (Hot Swap SCSI HDD)
4. SCSI B channel (external SCSI devices)
5. PCI slot P1 (32- or 64-bit slot)
6. Network connection

Installing a Disk Array Controller Board

Adding a disk array controller board provides additional fault tolerance to your
internal or external mass storage devices. HP recommends installing the HP
NetRAID-1Si,-1M, or-2M controller board in the HP Netserver LP 1000r. When
installing a disk array controller board, you may alter the Netserver's boot order to
allow the Netserver to boot off one of the array's drives. This boot order can be
changed under the Configuration menu of the Netserver's (BIOS) Setup Utility
and in the SCSI Configuration Utility.
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Installing Additional Boards