Proliant Problems still

[Glenn E. May]

OK,

Here it is. I have the machines up and ready to load an OS. I cannot get Windows XP to see the internal raid controller.

Can someone point me in the correct direction for this?

As in the last message, I have a bunch of 8500 servers...




Thanks
Glenn May

[John Marinov]

Does it come up when you use the smart start disk (ie: is it in and working?).

The internal array controller on an 8500 is a 3200 type, according to this:
http://h18020.www1.hp.com/products/servers/ProLiant8500/overview.html

Get the XP driver from HP's site. During the boot process, you get asked to hit F8 (I think) if you want to load a driver from disk (you do).

The problem with the card is that it is not battery backed -you can't cache writes. That makes it much slower.

Good luck

[Glenn E. May]

Thanks John,

I'll give that a shot. Although inital inspection, I did not see the drivers for that card.. I will keep looking though..

Perhaps someone can answer another question (Pardon me for the newbie ignorance. I am a Sun tech. )

I am looking for a very comprehensive testing suite for Intel machines.. Does anyone know of something that will really hammer the hardware for failures??? Thanks

Glenn May

[Oliver Pfleiderer]

Hey,

with your Proliant you get a SmartStart CD 6.00 or greater. Boot with this and you have a Computer diagnostic tool!

Greetings

[Glenn E. May]

I am recieving these machines 3rd hand. I unfortunately do not have any of the original CDs that came with the machines. Is this by chance an ISO that is availible on the Compaq website??


Glenn May

[Andre Renold]

Hi Glenn
XP is not supportet on Proliant servers, take W2K.
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