I/O Boards; Boot Device Priority - HP D5970A - NetServer - LCII Service & Reference Manual

I/O Boards

System Board slot
Slot 1— 16-bit ISA (half-length)
Slot 2— 32-bit PCI
Slot 3— 32-bit PCI
Slot 4— 16-bit ISA (half-length)
Slot 5— 16-bit ISA
Slot 6— 16-bit ISA
These slots allow you to install accessory boards as follows:
Slot 1 (the innermost) can be used for a short 16-bit ISA board or a 32-bit PCI board.
Slots 2 and 3 can be used for 32-bit PCI boards.
Slot 4 can be used for a full-length 16-bit ISA board or a 32-bit PCI board.
Slots 5 and 6 can be used for full-length 16-bit ISA boards
The NetServer comes with a SCSI card preinstalled and configured in Slot 1, and a network interface card
preinstalled and configured in Slot 3.
NOTE

Boot Device Priority

1. IDE CD-ROM Drive
2. Flexible Disk Drive
3. IDE hard disk drive
5. PCI slot devices in this order:
Slot 3 *
Slot 1 *
Slot 2 *
Slot 4 *
* If any of these slots have a SCSI controller board, SCSI devices connected to this controller will boot in this
order:
ID 0
ID 1
ID 2
ID 3
or 32-bit PCI
or 32-bit PCI
If you are manually configuring an accessory board, avoid using COM1 and COM4, if
possible, due to the possibilities of resource conflicts with some application software
programs.
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