IBM 8682 manual Using the SCSISelect utility program, Starting the SCSISelect utility program

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Using the SCSISelect utility program

The following table provides a summary of the password features.

Table 8. Power-on and administrator password features

Type of password

Results

 

 

Power-on password

v Enter the password to complete the system startup.

 

v All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility main

 

menu.

 

 

Administrator password

v No password is required to start the system.

 

v Enter the password to access the Configuration/Setup Utility

 

program.

 

v All choices are available on the Configuration/Setup Utility main

 

menu.

 

 

Administrator and

v You can enter either password to complete the system startup.

power-on password

v The administrator password provides access to all choices on

 

the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. You can set,

 

change, or delete both the administrator and power-on

 

passwords, and allow a power-on password to be changed by

 

the user.

 

v The power-on password provides access to a limited set of

 

choices on the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu. This

 

limited access might include changing or deleting the power-on

 

password.

 

 

Using the SCSISelect utility program

SCSISelect is a built-in, menu-driven configuration utility program that you can use to:

vView the default SCSI IDs

vLocate and correct configuration conflicts

vPerform a low-level format on a SCSI hard disk

The following sections provide the instructions needed to start the SCSISelect Utility and descriptions of the menu choices available.

Note: If the server has a RAID adapter installed, use the configuration method supplied with the RAID adapter to view or change SCSI settings for attached devices.

Starting the SCSISelect utility program

To start the SCSISelect utility program:

1.Turn on the server.

2.When the <<< Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect Utility! >>> prompt appears, press Ctrl+A.

Note: If an administrator password has been set, a prompt appears asking you to enter the password to start the SCSISelect Utility program.

3.When prompted, select either channel A (internal) or channel B (external).

4.Use the arrow keys to select a choice from the menu.

vPress Esc to return to the previous menu.

vPress the F5 key to switch between color and monochrome modes (if the monitor permits).

Configuring the server

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