Basic Input Output System (BIOS)

STL2 Server Board TPS

4.8Adaptec SCSI Utility

The Adaptec SCSI Utility detects the SCSI host adapters on the server board. The Adaptec SCSI Utility is used to:

Change default values

Check and/or change SCSI device settings that may conflict with those of other devices in the server.

4.8.1Running the SCSI Utility

The user can access the Adaptec SCSI Utility when the system is powered on or rebooted. To run the Adaptec SCSI utility, perform the following procedure.

1.Power-on or reboot the system.

2.At the message to “Press Ctrl-A to run SCSIUtility”, press Ctrl+A.

3.Choose the host adapter that needs to be configured.

4.The SCSI utility starts. When the Adaptec SCSI Utility detects more than one AIC-78xx host adapter, it displays a selection menu listing the bus and device number of each adapter. When the selection menu appears, select the channel that should be configured as follows.

Bus: Device: Channel

Selected SCSI Adapter

 

 

01: 04: A1

AIC7899

01: 04: B

AIC7899

 

 

Note:

 

Internal SCSI Connector

 

When the adapter is selected, the following options display.

Menu

Description

 

 

Configure/View Host Adapter Settings

Configure host adapter and device settings.

 

 

SCSI Disk Utilities

The utility scans the SCSI bus for SCSI devices and reports a description

 

of each device. Run these utilities before configuring SCSI devices.

 

 

To format a disk, verify disk media, or display a list of devices and their SCSI IDs, select “SCSI Disk Utilities”. To configure the adapter or a device, select “Configure/View Host Adapter Settings.”

4.8.2Adaptec SCSI Utility Configuration Settings

The following keys are active for all Adaptec SCSI Utility screens.

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Intel STL2 manual Running the Scsi Utility, Adaptec Scsi Utility Configuration Settings, Menu Description

STL2 specifications

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