Permanently Changing The Boot Device Priority; Running The Adaptec Scsiselect Utility; When To Run The Adaptec Scsiselect Utility; Running The Scsiselect Utility - Intel SCB2 - Server Board Motherboard Product Manual

Permanently Changing the Boot Device Priority

You can change the boot device permanently. These changes are saved from boot to boot.
1. Enter Setup.
2. From the Setup screen, select Boot Menu.
3. Select Boot Device Priority, and press <Enter>.
4. In the Boot Device Priority screen, use the up- or down-arrow keys to select the drive you want
to boot from, then press the <+> key to move it to the top of the list.
5. Set the second and third boot devices in the same manner as step 4.
6. Press the <F10> key to save your changes and exit Setup.
7. When the Exit prompt appears, press <Enter> again.
8. The boot process continues. When finished, an operating system prompt displays.

Running the Adaptec SCSISelect Utility

Each host adapter includes an onboard SCSISelect configuration utility that allows you to
configure/view the settings of the host adapter and devices in the server.
The system finds the Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI host adapter and displays the message
Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI BIOS V x.xxx
SCSISelect utility. Pressing <Ctrl+A> at this time allows you to configure the
Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI host adapter.

When to Run the Adaptec SCSISelect Utility

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
Do a low-level format on SCSI devices installed in the server

Running the SCSISelect Utility

1. When this message appears on the video monitor:
<<<Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSISelect(TM) Utility!>>>
2. Press <Ctrl+A> to run the utility. When the main menu for the host adapter appears, choose
the device that you want to configure—each SCSI bus accepts up to 15 devices.
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Intel Server Board SCB2 Product Guide