Q-Logic 8100 SERIES manual Starting Fast!UTIL

9–Offline Utilities Fast!UTIL

The QLogic Flash programming utility is a DOS utility with command line options.

Fast!UTIL

The Fast!UTIL utility is for offline QLogic 8100 Series Adapters that are installed on BIOS servers. Fast!UTIL performs the following tasks:

Configures general and advanced adapter settings, selects boot devices, restores default adapter settings, and displays raw NVRAM data.

Displays information about Fibre Channel devices connected to the adapter.

Verifies disk data and performs low-level disk formatting.

Verifies adapter transmit and receives functions.

Starting Fast!UTIL

To start the Fast!UTIL utility, press CTRL+Q or ALT+Q during the BIOS initialization after the QLogic 8100 Series Adapter BIOS banner is displayed (Figure 9-1).

Figure 9-1. Fast!UTIL Startup

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