Service manual

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2 System Information
Boot Drive Priority
The on-board SCSI controller has two channels, A and B. Channel A is typically used to control the Hot
Swap SCSI drives. Channel B is typically used to control the internal non-hot swap SCSI drives. On each
SCSI channel, the NetServer scans for a boot device starting at device ID 0 and proceeds up from there.
The HP NetServer's boot order (BIOS search order for a boot device) should be considered, when
connecting cables from the on board SCSI channels. A SCSI drive’s boot priority is set by the drive’s location
in the boot order. You can change this boot order using the Setup Utility (BIOS) and the SCSI Configuration
Utility during the boot process.
By default the NetServer searches for boot devices in this order:
1. IDE CD-ROM drive
2. Flexible disk drive
3. SCSI A bus (typically Hot Swap Mass Storage Cage)
4. SCSI B bus (typically non-Hot Swap internal SCSI devices)
5. PCI Slot P1
6. PCI Slot P2
7. PCI slot P3
8. PCI slot P4
9. PCI slot P5
10. PCI slot P6
CD-ROM
Flexible
Disk
Drive
Hot-Swap
Hard Drive
Shelves (6)
Non-Hot Swap
Drive Shelves
Non-Hot
Swap
Drives
Standard Mass Storage Configuration