HP SureStore CD-ROM Server/Tower User's Guide - 5967-2149

Introduction 1-3
Internet/Intranet
Networks
The server is accessible from a web browser in environments
that can use HTTP over TCP/IP (Internet Protocol).
Apple Macintosh
Networks
The Macintosh requires the NFS protocol (Network File
System).
Features and Benefits
Complete Solution
for the Task
The HP CD-ROM server/tower can be installed on the network
in minutes, versus hours for other solutions (such as towers
attached to file servers).
File Server
Independence
The server is pre-installed with all the network functionality
required. It does not rely on intermediate communications with
a file server.
Ease of Use HP CD-ROM server/towers are designed to be easy to install and
use.
Software on disks or tapes is not needed to install the server.
The server uses standard networking protocols (HTTP, NCP,
SMB, and NFS), so there is no need to learn any special software
to access it.
Users find their data by mapping individual CD drives or the
entire server (with a subdirectory for each CD) to be a logical
network drive, or by using their browser to access the built-in
web server.
Location Flexibility As a network node, the server/tower can be located anywhere on
the network, such as in the workgroup where users can update
new CD content as it arrives. It can be rack or floor mounted.
Up-to-Date Data Since all users share a common set of CDs, they are assured of
using the correct set of data.
Broad Compatibility
and Flexibility
Now and Later
As a multi-protocol device, the server/tower simultaneously
supports various network operating environments, including
Novell NetWare, Microsoft and IBM network operating systems
(Windows 95/98, Windows NT, OS/2), UNIX, and Internet/intra-
nets. Or it can function with only one protocol enabled. New net-
work operating systems are supportable by downloading new
firmware to Flash memory.
The backplane allows easy installation of CD-ROM or DVD-
ROM drives or CD changers. It automatically assigns SCSI IDs
to HP drives. SCSI-2 drives from vendors others than Hewlett-
Packard Company are easily adapted to the HP server/tower.