NetRAID-3Si use on a LP 2000r

[Russell Sutherland]

The official HP site says that the NetRaid 3Si is _not_ supported for the 1.13 Ghz CPU on the NetServer LP 2000r.

Does anyone know if this is based on problems that occur when this combination is used?

[Oliver Staehr]

I think it just does not fit in the slot. 3Si is a full length card but LP2000r has only a small cage for the PCI cards.
We have some LP2000r running with Netraid 1M, that's fine.
Regards, Oliver

[Russell Sutherland]

The 3Si is a full length card.
But the HP WWW page with the compatibility matrix for NetServers and Raid Cards only has an exception with the 3Si and the 1.13 Ghz LP 2000r.

[Oliver Staehr]

I'm quite sure it affects all LP2000r. To make a 3Si fit in the LP2000 you need a saw.
Where is this matrix, please give me the link.
Regards, Oliver

[Thomas Nussrallah]

Regarding the fit of the 3Si card, I am using two in teo LP 2000r (1.0 GHz) with no problems. I was, however, required to remove the handles from the cards in order for them to fit. But they do fit in the PCI cage (one 3Si card and one 1M card per server).