Some History
The original HP RAID controller that is, sometimes refer to as the NetRAID 0, was the HPDA PCI or EISA(rebranded Mylex DAC960PL) RAID controller C3609A and C3610A. This one had REAL problems and is probably the one that causes most of our problems. The Mylex controller is the only HP RAID controller that requires all drives be the same size, exactly or they will not work. And it may not recognize non-HP drives. We suggest upgrading/replacing the controller with at least a D4943A available here for a reasonable price.
"...HP supports the use of the 18GB 10K RPM hard disk drives to replace defective 4GB and 9GB hard disk drives, except for array configurations based on the original HP Disk Array Controllers (HP Mylex DAC Product numbers C3609A and C3610A)." For more information click here.
 The next controller by age is the NetRAID and NetRAID-1 controllers (part number 4992-60002 1-Channel Controller and D4943-60002 3-Channel PCI version with newer BIOS 04.03 ) UltraWide2 SCSI (rebranded AMI RAID). These solved the issues of the first Mylex controler and if you have one, just make sure you have the latest firmware flash (see below). These controllers HP never added support for Windows past NT 4.0. However HP did originally test this configuration and it was not reliable. This is why no driver shows up for them. But the drivers for the NetRAID family are universal and users have used the 1Si/3Si drivers below with success. THere are just a few limitations they we think are the reasons they are not supported in 2000. Last are the more modern boards, the HP NETRAID 1M SCSI RAID CONTROLLER 32MB CACHE, 1 channel, SCSI bus: Single-ended or LVD, the HP D2140-60004 NetRAID 1Si PCI SCSI RAID,32MB , single channel, LVD (Low Voltage Differential), the HP D5955-80209 NetRaid 3Si 64MB or -60002 16MB, 3 Channel, LVD and the HP D9351A NetRAID 4M Controller Card, 4-Channel, Ultra3 LVD SCSI, 128MB. Beyond this is the new Ultra320 RAID cards we offer. These are from the same manufacturer as the HP NetRAID cards were, but are of state-of-the-art technology instead of the Retired technology of HP. Check them out!

Technical Support
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NetRAID Controllers
  • Support Page listing for all NetRAID Controller ; Select Your Product Here
  • Firmware for HP NetRAID 1Si
    F.02.05 24-Sep-02 English fw_all_nr_1si_f0205.exe [0.57 MB]
  • Firmware for HP NetRAID-3Si
    C.02.03 24-Sep-02 English fw_all_nr_3si_c0203.exe [0.55 MB]
  • Driver for HP NetRAID-3Si, NetRAID-1Si, NetRAID-1, NetRAID, Integrated NetRAID Std for all(Windows NT4)
    4.05 25-Sep-02 English drv_nt_nr_all_405.exe [0.19 MB]
  • Driver for HP NetRAID-3Si, NetRAID-1Si and integrated NetRAID (Windows 2000 Standard for all NetRAID driver)
    2.66 18-Oct-01 English drv_w2k_nr_std_266.exe [0.17 MB]
  • Firmware for HP NetRAID [D4943A] and HP NetRAID-1[ D4992A]
    A.04.03 29-Oct-02 English fw_all_nr_428_a0403.exe [1.13 MB]
    The D4943A NetRAID and D4992A NetRAID-1 are not supported by HP under Windows ® 2000 because of certain limitation, but can operate (See here). These controllers are not on Microsoft's HCL (hardware compatibility list).
  • The Original Disk Array Controller (NetRAID) HPDA
    PCI Firmware 2.47 3-Oct-01 English hpdapcifw.exe [0.17 MB] ,
    HPDA Eisa Dual Channel Firmware 1.99 21-Jan-00 English  hpdae2fw.exe [0.27 MB] ,
    HPDA Eisa Single Channel Firmware 2.14 21-Jan-00 English  hpdae1fw.exe   [0.02 MB]
    An option that has been proven to work for the HPDA, is to downloaded the updated firmware for the Mylex DAC960PL PCI, which is the exact same as this card, and flash the HPDA eeprom. The card will now report as true mylex and run fine. You should not have replace any chips in the card. Just flash to a Mylex firmware. For more information read our Tech Support Article here.
  • MS Windows 2000 HP NetRAID Assistant for Windows 2000
    A.02.02 5-Mar-02 English nrutw2k.exe[2.21 MB]