Digital PRIORIS HX MP Server
Digital PRIORIS HX MP Server
Service Procedures
Service Procedures
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Mass Storage Devices
The PRIORIS HX MP server has three drive bay areas. Mass storage devices such as SCSI hard disk
drives, floppy diskette drives, SCSI CD-ROM drives, and SCSI tape backup systems are installed in these
drive bay areas. The three drive bay areas are:
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Left-front access drive bay area
This area has one 5¼-inch SCSI CD-ROM drive and one 3½-inch diskette drive (both standard on all
PRIORIS HX MP Servers).
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Top-right front access drive bay area
This area has room for two wide (68-pin) or narrow (50-pin) 5¼-inch or 3½-inch half-height SCSI
devices, or one full-height, 5¼-inch device.
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Lower-right front access drive bay area
This area has room for seven 3½-inch, wide or narrow Fast SCSI-2, hot-swap devices.
SCSI Configuration Guidelines
The PRIORIS HX MP Server supports up to 10 internal SCSI devices (this includes seven hotswap drive
bays). Additional SCSI devices can be added to the server by installing EISA- or PCI-based SCSI host
adapters in available expansion slots in conjunction with an external SCSI expansion box.
The server configuration, SCSI adapter(s), and all SCSI devices must work together for optimum
performance. When installing SCSI devices, use the following guidelines:
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The last physical SCSI device on each end of the SCSI bus must be terminated. Only use SCSI
devices without terminators. If the SCSI device came with a built-in terminator installed, remove or
disable the terminator from the device before completion of the installation.
Refer to the SCSI device’s manufacturer documentation for the terminator location.
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Each SCSI device (including the SCSI host adapter) must be configured with a unique ID number.
SCSI host adapters usually default to ID 7. The SCSI CD-ROM drive defaults to ID 6. Use the
remaining IDs 0 through 5 (narrow and wide adapters) and 8 through 15 (wide adapters only) to
configure hard disk drives and other SCSI devices. Hard disk drives should be configured to start
with SCSI ID 0 and the lower ID numbers.
Refer to “SCSI Drive IDs” later in this chapter.
SCSI Configuration Utility
The Adaptec 2940W or 3940W controller includes a SCSI configuration utility that lets you change host
controller settings and perform low-level formatting on new SCSI devices.
To start the SCSI configuration utility:
Press
Ctrl + A
when the BIOS banner appears during the boot process.
