HP Xw6400 - Workstation - 4 GB RAM - Overview Manual

Transition from PATA optical disc drives to
SATA optical disc drives
Transition from PATA optical disc drives to SATA optical disc drives ......................................................... 1
Background ........................................................................................................................................ 2
Scope ................................................................................................................................................ 2
Definitions........................................................................................................................................... 2
Boot to DOS.................................................................................................................................... 2
Bootable DOS CD-ROM.................................................................................................................... 2
Disk On Key (DOK) .......................................................................................................................... 2
DOS CD-ROM driver........................................................................................................................ 2
ISOLinux ......................................................................................................................................... 3
SATA emulation modes..................................................................................................................... 3
Combined IDE controller ............................................................................................................... 3
Separate IDE controller ................................................................................................................. 3
ACHI .......................................................................................................................................... 3
RAID+ACHI ................................................................................................................................. 3
Microsoft Windows Pre-installation Environment (WinPE) ...................................................................... 3
Mixing PATA and SATA optical drives ................................................................................................... 4
FailSafe Boot Block BIOS recovery......................................................................................................... 4
HP xw4400 Workstation ...................................................................................................................... 4
Boot to DOS.................................................................................................................................... 4
DLA................................................................................................................................................ 4
HP xw6400 Workstation ...................................................................................................................... 4
Boot to DOS.................................................................................................................................... 4
DLA................................................................................................................................................ 5
Update BIOS using the Computer Setup Utility (F10 Setup) ................................................................... 5
Auto Boot Order .............................................................................................................................. 5
HP xw8400 Workstation ...................................................................................................................... 6
Boot to DOS.................................................................................................................................... 6
DLA................................................................................................................................................ 6
Update BIOS using the Computer Setup Utility (F10 setup) .................................................................... 6
Two identical SATA optical disc drive models connected to the SAS ports............................................... 6
Auto boot order ............................................................................................................................... 7
HP xw9400 Workstation ...................................................................................................................... 7
Boot to DOS.................................................................................................................................... 7
DLA................................................................................................................................................ 7
Two identical SATA optical disc drive models connected to the SAS ports............................................... 7
Overview of Boot to DOS and DLA capabilities by platform...................................................................... 8