topic Re: HP NETSERVER LH II in Netservers

HP NETSERVER LH II

Tobbe_tk — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:19:14 GMT

I have a problem entering the bios for my HP netserver lh ll. It says there is no bios installed. but i have personally updated the bios. I dont know which key to press in order to enter the bios.

Re: HP NETSERVER LH II

Sean T. Craig — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:38:10 GMT

Hi Tobbe,

The message you are getting about the BIOS Not Installed is not for the CMOS, it is the SCSI Controller telling you that there are no bootable SCSI Devices installed. It is not actually an error, just an informational message.

The BIOS Setup for this server is called the EISA Configuration Utility or ECU for short. You can create a bootable floppy disk which will allow you to configure it by downloading the setup file found here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=50452&prodNameId=15473&swEnvOID=54&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ns919en

Hope this helps,

Sean T. Craig Sr. C.E.T., M.C.P.

Re: HP NETSERVER LH II

Tobbe_tk — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 13:08:22 GMT

Thank you for the fast responce. But i still have some unanswered questions. I have a problem when i am booting from the windows installtion cd. It is possible to boot from the cd but then it freezes when it is scanning throught the hardware

Re: HP NETSERVER LH II

Andrew Balliet — Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:32:21 GMT

Sounds like you have a NetRaid controller installed in that machine and are trying to install Window NT 4.0. If this is the case, use the three boot floppy method of install. Those floppies can be created from a windows machine using the winnt32.exe /ox command. You will also need a driver disk which you can download here:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=50440&prodNameId=15473&swEnvOID=24&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ns912en

If you do have a NetRAID remember to confirgure and initalize the array before starting installl. This can be done by pressing ctrl-m on boot after card banners.

Hope this helps,

Andrew

Re: HP NETSERVER LH II

Shameer.V.A — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 06:00:25 GMT

Hi,
You should configure your netraid through following steps..

Boot from the navigator CD & You will get menu for array configuration. After configure you have to go through installation menu. before starting the installation, you need to create driver disks through drivers menu for your attached hardwares (raid card, lan, vga, scsi etc..)

Then select O S installation menu & select the appropriate O S.

Hope this will help
shameer