Starting The Scsiselect Utility Program; Choices Available From The Scsiselect Menu - IBM 6000R - Netfinity - 8682 Hardware Maintenance Manual

The following sections provide the instructions needed to
start the SCSISelect Utility and descriptions of the menu
choices available.
Note: If the server has a RAID adapter installed, use the
configuration method supplied with the RAID adapter
to view or change SCSI settings for attached devices.

Starting the SCSISelect utility program

To start the SCSISelect utility program:
1. Turn on the server.
2. When the <<< Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect™
Utility! >>> prompt appears, press Ctrl+A.
Note: If an administrator password has been set, a
prompt appears asking you to enter the pass-
word to start the SCSISelect Utility program.
3. When prompted, select either channel A (internal) or
channel B (external).
4. Use the arrow keys to select a choice from the menu.
• Press Esc to return to the previous menu.
• Press the F5 key to switch between color and
monochrome modes (if the monitor permits).
5. Follow the instructions on the screen to change the set-
tings of the selected items; then, press Enter.
Choices available from the SCSISelect
menu
The following choices appear on the SCSISelect Utility
menu:
• Configure/View Host Adapter Settings
Select this choice to view or change the SCSI controller
settings. To reset the SCSI controller to its default val-
ues, press F6; then, follow the instructions that appear
on the screen.
You can view or change the following controller set-
tings:
— Host Adapter SCSI ID
Select this choice to view the SCSI controller ID,
normally 7.
— SCSI Parity Checking
Select this choice to view the assigned value of
Enabled.
— Host Adapter SCSI Termination
Select this choice to view the assigned value of
Enabled.
— Boot Device Options
Select this choice to configure startable device
parameters. Before you can make updates, you
must know the ID of the device whose parameters
you want to configure.
— SCSI Device Configuration
Select this choice to configure SCSI device
parameters. Before you can make updates, you
Configuring the server
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