Chapter 3 | Installing and Configuring |
Tools Required
These tools may be needed for preparing the accessory boards for installation in the Server:
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Guidelines
The following sections provide the guidelines necessary to install the PCI accessory boards into the Server.
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| stabilize the board in the Server. If the board requires one and it is not installed, you may |
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IRQ Settings
The IRQ settings are automatically assigned and do not require user intervention. The HP Server uses the
Boot Priority
The Server’s boot priority (BIOS search order for a boot drive) should be considered when selecting a PCI slot on the system board. This is especially important if you are installing a board that requires an early number in the boot order. The accessory board’s boot priority is set by its slot location in the boot order. See Figure
If the single SCSI controller board is used to control internal SCSI drives (SCSI model), it will be early in the boot order. The single SCSI controller board has two SCSI connectors, but only one SCSI connector can be active at a time. The Server scans the active SCSI connector for a boot device starting at device ID 0 and works up from there.
By default the Server searches for boot devices in the following order depending on the Server model:
IDE Model Boot Order:
1.Flexible disk drive
2.IDE
3.IDE hard drive (boot drive)
4.PCI slot P1
5.PCI slot P2
6.PCI slot P3
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