Hard disk config

[CA763233]

I am having problem getting the scsi disk to come up on a netserver 45 i have 2 hp disk and 2 barracuda drives. At this point the server will not reconize the drives i have set the drives to the coresponding bit 0 for first drive and so on and set the scsi bios up to boot the first drive bit 0 lun 0 however i get can find scsi device Any light on this matter would be appreciated

[BR642007]

William,

First do some basic troubleshooting:

Is a correct SCSI terminator on the end of the SCSI bus?
Do the drives have a termination jumper in place?
remove it if there's a separate SCSI terminator on the cable, if you don't have a separate SCSI terminator then only terminate the last disk on the SCSI bus.

Connect the first disk and look if the controller sees it: write down SCSI ID, do this for disk 2,3 & 4.
Are all disks seen when they are the only disk on the bus?
If yes: does each disk have a unique SCSI-ID?
If no: change it, if yes: try connecting 2 disks: does it work? add a 3rd disk? still works -> add 4th disk.
Maybe there's a hardware problem in one of your disks.

Try resetting the Adaptec SCSI card to defualt: Enter SCSI selcet utility during POST with CTRL-A and press F6 to reset to default.

What are the exact types of harddisks you're using???
Do you have a spare SCSI cable to use?
Or a spare SCSI adapter?

Good luck,

Marco.

[CA763233]

I am using hp drives 4.3 gig pn d4963a i have done what you suggested I canot get the primary drive to show up much less the other drives I am not sure i have the drives jumperd right or the scsi bios set up correctly
any pointers