HP Netserver LP 2000r User Guide

Chapter 3 Installing Mass Storage Devices

NOTE The boot order can be changed using the Netserver’s (BIOS)

Setup Utility and the SCSI Select Utility. Refer to Chapter 8,

"Configuring the HP Netserver," for more information.

Installed Mass Storage Devices

Table 3-1 lists the number and types of mass storage devices that may be installed

in the HP Netserver LP 2000r.

Table 3-1. SCSI Mass Storage Device Types

Interface

Types

Max Number

of Devices

Installed Devices

and Addresses

Flexible disk drive 1 Factory installed flexible disk drive

IDE-1 1* Factory installed CD-ROM drive

(Primary IDE connector)

Ultra-160M SCSI

Channel A

up to 6 **

• Up to 6 Hot Swap SCSI hard

disk drives (address = ID 0, 1,

2, 3, 4, 5)

• Embedded SCSI controller

(address = ID 7)

Ultra-160M SCSI

Channel B

up to 15 ** •

Control of up to 15 external

SCSI devices

* The primary IDE (IDE-1) cable is connected to the factory-installed CD-ROM drive. A

secondary IDE connector (IDE-2) is available on the system board, but not supported by

Hewlett-Packard.

** Both SCSI channels (A and B) can each support up to 15 devices; however, there are

only enough internal storage slots for six Hot Swap SCSI hard drives. Channel B is used to

control external SCSI devices, typically a SCSI tape backup device.

Hardware Mirroring

You may choose to mirror hard drives (RAID 1) in the HP Netserver’s hot swap

slots. Hardware mirroring can help speed up disk access time.

To mirror hard drives, you need to install the HP NetRAID Controller board and

use an additional SCSI cable to connect the NetRAID board to the SCSI

backplane connector. If you do not use HP’s NetRAID Controller board, be sure

to use a DAC with an LVD interface.