Installing SCO UNIX on an HP Netserver
BTLD Tips
The HP NetServers use the BTLD for the internal SCSI controllers. The BTLD is a
driver that can be link-edited into the UNIX system kernel during the booting process.
The link-editing is done by boot (HW) after the driver is loaded into memory, but before
the kernel is started. The HP NetServer Manager CD creates a diskette containing the
SCO UNIX BTLDs.
For the UNIX 3.2v4.2 and 3.0 products, you need an HP disk controller driver diskette
that is created by the HP NetServer Navigator CD. This diskette contains the alad, arad,
amird, and mdac drivers.
For OpenServer 5.0.x, the SCSI controller drivers are built into the SCO product. HP
recommends that you use the latest arad and alad drivers that SCO ships. These drivers
are available from SCO on their AHS 5.2.0 (or later) BTLD disk. HP only ships the
drivers for the HP Disk Array Controller (mdac), the HP NetRAID Controller (amird),
the Adaptec alad driver (use alad325 on the link line), the Adaptec blad driver for SCSI
Ultra 2 (use blad325 on the link line) and the Symbios slha driver (use symha on the link
line), but not the Adaptec arad driver, on the driver diskettes that are created by the HP
NetServer Navigator CD.
Driver Names for HP-Supplied Controllers
The following table lists the names of required drivers for the HP-supplied controllers.
NetServer Controller Package Name
E 30,40,45,50 AHA2910 alad or alad325
E 60 AHA7895 alad or alad325
E 800 Symbios 895 slha
LC Plus AIC7770 arad
LC II,3 AIC7880 alad or alad325
LD Pro AIC7880 alad or alad325
LH AIC7855 alad or alad325
LH Plus, LH Pro AIC7880 alad or alad325
LH II AIC7880 alad or alad325
LH 3, LH 4, LPr Symbios 53C895 symha
LH 3000 Symbios 895 slha