Proliant 1600 P3 Issue

[Isadewa]

Dear all

I just got 2 old servers from my company which are no longer being used. One of them is running ok and other is not.

I got the Compaq SmartSuit CD 5.5 and I did delete with System Erase utility.

I follow every single step in the SmartSuit CD and I'm currently stuck ... I always get "No Physical or Logical disk on primary controller" at the end.

It seems I miss step here?

Any guidance or anything .. I'm really appreciated that.

Thanks, V

 

[Isadewa]

Additional information:

Boots with 16M RAM
Load SmartStart 5.5
Boots again with 32M RAM
Load SmartStart 5.5
Click button to use English bla .. bla
Select country/time time (USA both and adjust the time)
Next and Continue
Tick Licence agreement and OK button
Installation Path: Manual Configuration .. click Begin
I'm gonna install Win 2003 .. so I pick "Other" in the OS Selection (my mates recommends this) and click Next.
Loading Config files.
Computer and detected board has been configured. Boot has been set to: Bus 1 - Compaq Wide-Ultra SCSI Controller (port1)
3 options comes up:
- Continue with SmartStart
- Review / Modigfy Hardware settings
- install isa board
(i tried every single option)
Reboot with 524 M RAM
Trying detect SCSI and it's only the seconds comes up: TAPE backup.
The, start SMARTSTART
Error: SmartStart can't contuinue because there are physical or logical disk on the primary controller.

Thanks, V

 

[ntinlin]

Are you sure the cable from the drive cage is going to the onboard SCSI controller?

In most cases a PL1600 would have been using a RAID controller which may have been removed and the cable not reconnected properly.

Neill

 

[Isadewa]

Hi Ntinlin

I check the SCSI card and it does loose it ... so I fix it and it seems working.

But prior to this, I made a radical changes on "Review / Modify Hardware settings" for testing ... and now I got this error after booting (memory check - SCSI Check):

Serial Cable Error Detected.
(Check for a proper cable type)

Please advice ... is there anyway I can reset BIOS?

Thanks.

 

[ntinlin]

You can download the system erase disk from Compaq which will clear the NVRAM, HDD array info. etc.

Neill