10.Watch the boot process until you see a BIOS message to inform you of the key combination to press to enter the RAID BIOS Configuration Utility. It will look similar to the following message:
Press <CTRL><E> to run BIOS Console 2.
This message will time out after several seconds and pass the option to get into the BIOS Configuration Utility.
The firmware takes several seconds to initialize and will then display the RAID Controller SASMF8I number and firmware version. The numbering of the controllers follows the PCI slot scanning order used by the server board.
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