SCSISelect Utility

The SCSISelect Utility detects and configures the SCSI controller located on the system board or an optional SCSI controller board installed in your system. This utility may be started with a simple key operation while POST is in progress and requires no specific start-up disk.

The SCSISelect Utility is used mainly to set the transfer rate of connected SCSI device. Use the SCSISelect Utility to:

!Change default values

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

Running the SCSISelect Utility

You access the SCSISelect Utility when you turn on or reboot your system. To run the utility, perform the following procedure:

1.Power-on or reboot the system.

2.When this message appears on the video monitor: Press Ctrl-A to run SCSI Utility...

3.Press Ctrl+A to run this utility. The SCSI utility starts. When the Adaptec SCSI Utility detects more than one AIC-79xx host adapter, it displays a selection menu listing the bus and device number of each adapter. When the selection menu appears, select the channel you wish to configure as follows:

Bus : Device : Channel

Selected SCSI Adapter

04 : 07 : A*AIC-7901

*Internal SCSI connector.

4.Once you select the adapter, the following screen is displayed:

Menu

Description

Configure/View Host

Configure host adapter and device settings.

Adapter Settings

 

SCSI Disk Utilities

The utility scans the SCSI bus for SCSI devices, reports a

 

description of each device. Run these utilities before

 

configuring SCSI devices.

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

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NEC 120Lg manual Running the SCSISelect Utility, Bus Device Channel Selected Scsi Adapter, Menu Description