Installing Mass Storage Devices; Introduction; Mass Storage Guidelines - HP Integrity rx4610 User Manual

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Installing Mass Storage Devices

Introduction

The HP Server comes standard with a DVD and a floppy diskette drive. The
internal mass storage cages support a maximum of two hot swap drive carriers.
Each carrier can house a standard one inch high by three and half inch wide
SCSI-2 or SCSI-3 hard drive. The internal SCSI drives are mounted to the
carriers using four screws.

Mass Storage Guidelines

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General Guidelines
Use care when unpacking and handling the SCSI disk drives.
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The hard disk drives are very susceptible to mechanical shock and can
be easily damaged by a drop as short as one-quarter of an inch. If the
drop would crack an egg, it will damage the drive.
Do not stack drives.
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The HP Server is internally limited to 2 mass storage devices.
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IDE Devices
The diskette drive and DVD drive are standard on all models of the HP
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Server. They are housed in two piece drive carrier assemblies that rest
on the chassis surface. They are accessible when the top cover is
removed. See Figures 4-3 and 4-4.
The Legacy I/O board contains the PCI-enhanced IDE interface with
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two IDE buses. The primary IDE 0 bus supports the diskette drive and
the secondary IDE 1 bus supports the DVD drive.
Refer to "System Board Layout" in Appendix A, "Specifications."
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SCSI Device Selection
A Qlogic ISP12160A Ultra3 SCSI chip is a highly integrated bus
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master, dual-channel SCSI I/O processor for SCSI initiator and target
applications. The chip supports dual channel, Ultra3 (160) SCSI
functionality and is pin compatible with QLogic's ISP12160 Ultra3
SCSI processor as well as QLogic's ISP1280 dual SCSI processor.
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