Setting The Eisa Configuration - Compaq AlphaServer 1000A Owner's Manual

Preparing to Install Your Operating System
5. When prompted to enter SCSI bus and SCSI ID numbers, enter the SCSI bus and ID
for the location of the system partition. These values are used to set an environment
variable, from which Windows NT uses to determine the correct drive and partition to
boot.
If you are unsure about these values, simply accept the default values of 0. If these
values are incorrect for your particular system (if, for example, your hard drives are on
a secondary controller on SCSI bus 1), NT setup will prompt you to run the arcinst
utility. The arcinst utility provides valid values to choose for setting this environment
variable correctly.
6. When prompted to enter the partition number on the disk, verify that it is set to 1, and
press the Enter key.
If you are unsure about your disk configuration, select "Display hardware
configuration" to view a summary of your system hardware.
7. Select "Set default configuration" and choose the diskette and keyboard settings that
correspond to your system.

Setting the EISA Configuration

1. Insert the EISA Configuration Utility diskette for Microsoft Windows NT into the
diskette drive on your server.
2. From the Setup menu, select "Run EISA Configuration Utility from floppy" and press
the Enter key. After a few moments, the EISA Configuration Utility dialog box
displays. Press the Enter key.
If any of the EISA option cards in your computer have not yet been identified, the
system displays a Caution dialog box. You can ignore this dialog box because your
option cards will be identified in the following steps.
3. Press the Enter key to display the "Steps in Configuring your Computer" dialog box.
4. Select "Step 3: View or edit details" to verify your system's configuration (optional).
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Your system supports two EISA option slots. Your ECU display may show
more than two slots, but only the first two are valid.
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5. Select "Step 5: Save and Exit" and press the Enter key. At the confirmation prompt,
select "Save the configuration" and press the Enter key. When a dialog box displays,
indicating that the configuration has been saved, press the Enter key. Your system
will restart with the updated information.
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