[Info-vax] HELP setup a used ALPHASERVER ES40

[Petros]

Managed to buy a used HP Alphaserver ES40 (detailed configuration
below.)
The unit came with Tru64 installed; no disks, no pwd.

I know VMS and have installed it many times with a Compaq XP1000 being
the most sophisticated one. So no experience on Alphaservers, RAID and
the like.

Now my problem...
While waiting for my hobbyist to go through, I found on the site I
work an old(?) OpenVMS Alpha 8.3 and I decided to give it a go for
gaining experience (I know I will not be able to boot as I do not have
licenses yet, I just wanted to see the install process.)

As the install starts it says that the "SCSI chip is SYM53C895
operating LVD Ultra 2". This is impossible as I have U320 everywhere.
Also VMS does not seem that it sees the arrays of disks. Do I need to
disable the array install and the enable? Is 8.3 too "old" for this
system?  BTW, I understand this is what the hobbyist license provides,
right?

Any advice welcome! Thank you,
Petros


CONFIGURATION
4x CPU 1.25GHz
2 banks of 2Gb RAM = 4Gb RAM (1way)

Console 7.3-2
Radeon PCI 7500
HP SmartArray 5300 (slot 1) v3.56
    setup with 2 logical drivers
        logical drive 1: RAID 1: 67.8GB with 2x HDD of 72.8 Gb each
        logical drive 2: RAID 5: 5x HDD 146.8 GB each