Installing Mass Storage Devices; Introduction; Boot Priority - HP NetServer E 60 Installation Manual

4 Installing Mass Storage Devices

Introduction

The HP NetServer E 60 comes standard with an IDE CD-ROM and a floppy disk
drive (some models also include a SCSI hard disk drive and a tape backup drive).
The internal mass storage cage can hold, and cabling is provided for, up to four
Ultra Wide SCSI hard disk drive devices.
The SCSI cable has five 68-pin, high-density connectors for the available hard
disk drive shelves. One or two of these connectors will be attached to the factory
installed hard disk and optional tape drive. Refer to the Reference card on the
system chassis for details. One 68-pin connector is attached to a 68- to 50-pin
adapter, reserved for the optional tape drive.
The embedded dual-channel Ultra Wide PCI SCSI controller includes SCSI
channels A and B. Channel A is used for cabling the factory installed hard disk
drive and up to four additional SCSI drives (including an optional tape drive).
Channel B may be used in a duplexing arrangement or to accommodate an
external mass storage solution (either require an additional cable kit). Duplexing
requires that at least two hard disk drives be installed.
Devices in the HP NetServer E 60 are cable terminated.

Boot Priority

By default, the HP NetServer searches for bootable devices in the order shown
below.
•
IDE CD-ROM Drive
•
Floppy Disk Drive
•
Embedded SCSI A
•
Embedded SCSI B
On each controller, the server scans for a boot device starting at device ID 0 and
works up the ID numbers. The system's embedded controller is always SCSI
ID 7.
The optional bundled tape drive takes SCSI address ID 4.
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