Preparing The Hp Server Tc2120 For Nos Installation; Section 1. Hardware Setup; Preparing The Hard Disk Drives - HP Tc2120 - Server - 256 MB RAM Installation Manual

Preparing the HP Server tc2120 for NOS Installation

Section 1. Hardware Setup

Prepare your HP server following the instructions in the HP Server tc2120
Installation Sheet.
It is recommended that you do not install any third party adapter until you verify that
the HP equipment is functioning properly and you complete the NOS installation.

Preparing the Hard Disk Drives

The HP Tower Server tc2120 comes with new hard disk drive(s) that do not need
specific setup. If you install additional and USED hard disk drives in your new
server:
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Note that most NOS installations remove all data from the hard disk they are
installed on. If you wish to use your additional hard disk drives to access existing
data in you new server, HP recommends that you install and configure this
(these) hard disk drive(s) AFTER completing the NOS installation.
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If you are using the IDE RAID controller FastTrack100 TX2, you must connect
the hard disk drives to the controller following instructions in the FastTrack User
Guide. The RAID setup for this controller is performed at the BIOS level when
the system starts up. When prompted, press Ctrl-F to get into it;
array; Enter to select the array; use the space bar to change the array; the down
arrow to go to the available drives and space to select which drives you want in
this array. Then, Ctrl-Y to save it. Finally, Esc Ctrl-Y to exit back to the main
menu and reboot.
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If you wish to recycle used hard disk drives, use a utility such as fdisk to erase
all data and partitions from your hard drive.
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