CHAPTER 4: Installation and Configuration
Figure 4-5. An external SCSI daisychain.
4.3 Initial Startup
Once you’ve installed your Ultra2 LVD SCSI Host Adapter and its associated devices, power up its host computer system and all external devices. Interrupt the normal bootup process at this point if you need to change the settings of the PC’s CMOS BIOS in order to assign the Adapter an I/O address, IRQ channel, and/or BIOS address, or if you need to change the drive-type setting for the boot disk (see step 9 in Section 4.1; if you need to do this, reboot when you’re finished). During the boot process, watch for these things to be displayed (although this list might vary depending on the design of your system’s BIOS):
•The normal power-on self-test and memory test.
•A sign-on message from the Adapter, followed by a list of attached SCSI peripheral devices.
Make sure that the self-test and memory test look okay, and make sure that the Adapter’s list of attached devices is correct. If everything checks out, your computer system should be ready for initial configuration (including, as is necessary in some situations, low-level hard-disk formatting to initialize drives); go on to Section 4.4, then Section 4.6.
