Accessory Board Installation Guidelines; Boot Priority - HP D6030A - NetServer - E50 Installation Manual

Chapter 6

Accessory Board Installation Guidelines

For every accessory board you install, the NetServer needs to set aside available
resources to support it. An accessory board typically requires resources such as an
IRQ (Interrupt Request) and port address.
The PCI boards use the Plug-and-Play feature to correctly assign the IRQ
resources automatically.
ISA boards with the Plug-and-Play feature are automatically assigned
resources such as IRQ settings.
Some ISA boards, may require manually setting the resources needed for
the board on the board and in the (BIOS) Setup Utility
Refer to "Configuring an ISA Non-Plug-and-Play Board" in Chapter 8,
"Configuring the HP NetServer," for details.

Boot Priority

The HP NetServer E 200 is provided in two models, IDE or SCSI, and the model
type affects the boot priority. The HP NetServer searches for bootable devices in a
specific order, which is set up in the BIOS Utility.
IDE Model Boot Order:
1. IDE CD-ROM Drive
Flexible Disk Drive
3. IDE Hard Drive
4. PCI slot 1
5. PCI slot 2
6. PCI slot 3
7. PCI slot 4
8. ISA slot
SCSI Model Boot Order:
1. IDE CD-ROM Drive
Flexible Disk Drive
3. IDE Hard Drive (if used as boot drive)
4. SCSI A Channel (provided by SCSI Controller board)
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