3-32 Configuring Your System

Procedure from Start-up to Exit

The following describes the procedure from starting to exiting the SCSISelect utility. For parameter descriptions, see the section "Parameters" described later.

1.Power on the Express server.

The following message appears while POST is in progress.

IMPORTANT: The message appears for each additional SCSI controller.

Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI BIOS V 2.55

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!!!Press <Ctrl> <A> for SCSISelect(TM) Utility! """

2.Press and hold Ctrl and A.

The SCSISelect utility starts and its Main menu appears.

3.Select "01:06:A" or "01:06:B" in the "Bus:Device" box with the cursor keys and press

Enter.

You have an AIC-7899

SCSI host adapter in your system. Move the cursor to the bus:device:channel of the one to be configured and

press <Enter>.

<F5> - Toggle color/monochrome

Bus:Device:Channel

01:06:A

01:06:B

The system board is provided with two SCSI controller channels. Channel B (01:06:B) indicates the Ultra-160/m SCSI connector (for hard disks); and Channel A (01:06:A) indicates the Wide Ultra 2 SCSI connector (for 5.25-inch devices and external SCSI devices).

Select the device number in the "Bus:Device" box and press Enter. The Options menu appears.

4.Select "Configure/View Host Adapter Settings" and press Enter.

Options

Configure/View Host Adapter Settings

SCSI Disk Utilities

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