Setting and Confirming SCSI Parameters Offline

If the A7173A adapter is installed in a supported HP 9000 system, use the scsi command, accessed from the BCH menus, to set or confirm the SCSI parameters offline.

If the A7173A adapter is installed in a supported HP Integrity® system, a menu driven Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) utility is available to set or confirm the SCSI parameters offline. See “Using the EFI Utility on HP Integrity Systems” (page 32).

Using the BCH Menus on HP 9000 Systems

The Boot Console Handler (BCH) consists of a series of menus from which various system administration tasks can be performed offline on HP 9000 systems. The BCH command syntax and output are similar, but not identical, across all HP 9000 systems. The examples used in this document may not be exactly the same as what you see using the BCH menus on your system.

NOTE: For important details about each of the SCSI parameters that can be set offline using the BCH menus, see:

•“About SCSI IDs” (page 24)

•“About the Maximum Data Transfer Rate” (page 24)

•“About Bus Width” (page 25)

NOTE: The bus width parameter cannot be set offline on rp24xx and rp54xx systems.

The BCH main menu displays during the boot initialization sequence, after the hardware initializes on the console, but before the system has booted (provided autoboot is disabled). Example 3-1shows a typical BCM Main Menu:

Example 3-1 The BCH Main Menu

---- Main Menu ---------------------------------------------------------------

Command

Description

-------

-----------

BOot [PRIHAAALT<path>]

Boot from specified path

PAth [PRIHAAALT] [<path>]

Display or modify a path

SEArch [ALL<cell><path>]

Search for boot devices

ScRoll [ONOFF]

Display or change scrolling capability

COnfiguration menu

Displays or sets boot values

INformation menu

Displays hardware information

SERvice menu

Displays service commands

DeBug menu

Displays debug commands

MFG menu

Displays manufacturing commands

DIsplay

Redisplay the current menu

HElp [<menu><command>]

Display help for menu or command

REBOOT

Restart Partition

RECONFIGRESET

Reset to allow Reconfig Complex Profile

 

 

Confirming the PDC Version

Confirm the PDC version before you configure SCSI parameters. If you do not have the correct PDC, the BCH menus will not interact with the A7173A adapter properly. To confirm the PDC version, follow these steps:

1.From the BCH Main Menu, enter in to display the Information Menu.

2.From the Information Menu, enter fv to display the PDC version (system firmware). For example:

FIRMWARE INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

PDC ICM

PDC Utils

Cell

Cab/Slot

PDC Ver

PDC Date

Code

Layout Rev

XFace Rev

----

--------

-------

-------------

----------

---------

3

0/3

17.006

43.46

 

002

000

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