I just inherited a HP PROLIANT DL380 G4 with dual zeons, tape drive, 4 146gb hdds and a Storageworks raid with 14 146gb hdds. I would like to get this up and running.
1) The server boots and goes in to bios with no problem (Bios version P51 10/10/2005)
however I have tried to boot from CD, USB, USB-DVD with no results. I have tried to load win XP, Both MS and HP storage server with no results. Any help with what I need to load would be welcome.
2) There are no cables to hook the 2 together. There is a VHDscsi port on back of each, but what I have read on line is if i connect the to units with this I wouldn't be able to use the servers internal drives. What parts do I need to connect the Server to the raid? I have 30 years of IT experience so I have tried most of the standard things like boot order, different cds etc. Just no experience with Proliant servers.
Any pointers to get me going would be greatly appreciated.