Introduction; How They Work - HP J3278B - SureStore CD-ROM Server/Tower 7 NAS Server User Manual

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Introduction

HP SureStore CD-ROM Server
HP SureStore CD-ROM Server Plus
HP SureStore CD/DVD-ROM Server
The HP SureStore servers connect CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives
to twisted-pair networks—either IEEE 802.3i 10-Base-T Ethernet
or IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Fast Ethernet. All users on the
network can share the information on any CD or DVD in the tower.
The server module located in the top bay of the 8-bay server tower
is internally connected to the other 7 bays containing DVD-ROM or
CD-ROM drives.
The SureStore CD-ROM Server Plus uses one of the drive bays for a
hard disk drive, which adds a cache and archive repository to serve
34 full-capacity CDs simultaneously.
The SCSI bus used on these servers is extendable to another SCSI
accessory tower, the seven-bay HP J4148A SureStore CD
Expansion Tower. The two towers together serve up to 14 drives
(41 CDs when used with the Server Plus).

How They Work

HP SureStore CD- and DVD-ROM servers directly connect as nodes
on an Ethernet network. The product acts as a network file server,
so that a network client communicates directly with it. This results
in high performance and reliability. Since each of the three products
acts as a server, this guide will use the term "server" to refer to any
of these tower products on the network.
Installation and configuration is simple. In most environments, the
network connection is the only installation required prior to using
the server. There is no software that must be installed on clients or
file servers. Your computer will see the server simply as another
network file server, and you access it using standard network
operating system commands.
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