Scsi Utilities; Select Console - IBM RS/6000 Enterprise Server M80 Service Manual

SCSI Utilities

SCSI Utilities allow you to set delay times for the SCSI hard disk spin-up and to set SCSI IDs for SCSI
controllers installed in the system.
SCSI Utilities
1. Harddrive Spin Up Delay
2. Change SCSI Id
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Using the Harddrive Spin Up Delay option allows you to change the spin up delay time for SCSI hard disk
drives attached to your system. Spin up delay values can be entered manually, or you can use a default
setting (two seconds). All values are measured in seconds.
Attention: Setting the value lower than the default can prevent successful booting because the system
power handling capabilities might be exceeded. If the system no longer boots after setting this value,
access this utility again and increase the value. It is also possible that adding disk drives can cause similar
symptoms. Changing this value changes the surge current requirements on the system. As you increase
the value, the surge current requirements on the system are decreased.

Select Console

Select this option to define which display is used by the system for system management. If no console is
selected, the console defaults to serial port 1.
Selecting this option causes a screen similar to the one that follows to display on each console that can be
used as a firmware console. Follow the instructions on the screen to select a particular console.
Note: The firmware console is independent from the AIX console.
Press 0 to select this console
as the active console
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