Configuring for a Hard Disk Driv e

Hard disk driv es can be attached for accommodating HP-UX, local ￿le systems, and swap space on your Model 742i system.

Software Installation of the Hard Disk Drive Upgrade

After all connections ha ve been made (see the Installation Guide for this device), you'll need to ensure that y our operating system is prepared to exchange data with the device. This section pro vides instructions for man ually con￿guring HP-UX to comm unicate with hard disk driv es, in order to use

4 the disks for mass storage and/or sw ap space. Note that your HP disk is pre-formatted.

The factory-set SCSI bus address for the disk drive:

SCSI bus address: 6

This SCSI address assumes usage of the disk as root. Although the

con￿guration jumpers in the bac k of the drive are factory-installed and should not require recon￿guring, it is possible that the SCSI bus address jumpers

for the disk ma y be shipped with di￿eren t settings. Therefore, please see the Installation Guide for the drive for the procedure for resetting jumpers, should it be necessary.

The following list outlines the softw are procedures y ou'll ￿nd in this section for installing the hard disk driv e as a ￿le system disk:

Verify that you have an unused device ￿le with the correct select code and bus address for y our device. (Use SAM or the script in \Finding the Status of Existing SCSI Bus Addresses").

Use SAM to:

Install a disk on HP-UX.

Build a ￿le system on the disk (done automatically b y SAM). Mount the disk so that y ou can access it as a ￿le system.

4-8 Configuring HP-UX for Printers and Drives

FINAL TRIM SIZE : 7.0 in x 8.5 in