HP-UX 10.20 Hard Disk Compatibility

[Kuldeep Solanki]

I am using a B2000 system with a 9GB SCSI HP Hard DIsk. Now I want to increase the hard disk capacity. Is there any compatibility issue with hitachi,fujitsu or IBM SCSI Hard Disk of higher capacity??
Or
Can I put any SCSI Hard Disk that gets idenitfied during the boot process??

[Sanjay_6]

Hi,

Most of the disks that we have purchased over the years had been purchased for hp. So we never had to look for compatibility since it is always the vendor responsibility. Are you buying hard disk off the shelf. There may be some compatibility issues with those disks. Just search the forum with the keyworks and i'm pretty sure you'll find lot more answers from other forum members.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Helen French]

Basically Yes. If your new disk (same SCSI type) is identified on the system, you can add it to increase your disk capacity. (IBM disks are very common in HP9K systems, only the label will be HP).

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Kuldeep,

Generally not - as long as you get the proper type of SCSI drive (HVD, LVD, SE, etc.) EXCEPT for booting. If you intend to boot off the drive, then you need an HP drive for the firmware contained within.
If it's not to be a boot drive, then it will most likely work if it's the proper type.

Rgds,
Jeff

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

You need an A1658-69031 (18GB) or A1658-69032 (36GB) drive. See:

http://partsurfer.hp.com/cgi-bin/spi/main?sel_flg=partlist&model=B2000&HP_model=&modname=VISUALIZE+B2000+UNIX+Workstation&template=secondary&plist_sval=Drive&plist_styp=subcat&dealer_id=&callingsite=&keysel=Drive&catsel=X&ptypsel=X&strsrch=

Hitachi, Seagate, Fujitsu should all have equivalents.


Pete

[Sunil Sharma_1]

Hi,

In general all disks which match with your interface like lvd, SE, differential works fine .


but it always recomended to buy disk for HP servers/WS from HP only.

Sunil

[Kuldeep Solanki]

Thanks a lot, everyone !!

I appreciate you all could take out time for this.

Regards
Kuldeep Solanki