Enabling The Broadcom Netxtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot Agent; Using The Adaptec Hostraid Configuration Programs - IBM IntelliStation M Pro User Manual

Enabling the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot Agent

The Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot Agent is part of the BIOS code in
the computer. You can use it to configure the network as a startable device, and
you can customize where the network startup option appears in the startup
sequence. You enable and disable the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Boot
Agent from the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
To enable the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet boot agent, complete the
following steps:
1. From the Configuration/Setup Utility main menu, select Devices and I/O Ports
2. Select Planar Ethernet and use the Right Arrow (→) key to set it to Enabled.
3. Set the Network-Planar device as the first startup device under the Startup
4. Select Save Settings and press Enter.

Using the Adaptec HostRAID configuration programs

Notes:
1. HostRAID is not supported on SCO 6.0 and UnixWare 7.14 operating systems.
2. For SAS and Ultra320 SCSI models, SATA HostRAID must be set to disabled.
Use the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility programs and SCSISelect Utility (also
referred as IBM ServeRAID-8e), to add RAID level-0 and level-1 functionality to the
integrated SATA controller and the integrated SCSI controller. RAID level-0 is
striping where the drives are seen as a single volume, and increases performances.
RAID level-1 is mirroring where the contents of one drive are copied to the other
drive to increase hard drive availability. Be sure to use these programs as described
in this document. Use these programs to:
v Configure a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) array.
v View or change the RAID configuration and associated devices.
Consider the following information when using the Adaptec RAID Configuration
Utility program and SCSISelect Utility program to configure and manage arrays:
v The integrated SCSI controller with integrated SCSI RAID (in SCSI models) and
v Hard disk drive capacities affect how you create arrays. Drives in an array can
v To help ensure signal quality, do not mix drives with different speeds and data
v To update the firmware and BIOS code for an optional Serveraid adapter, you
v If you install a different type of RAID adapter in the computer, use the
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and press Enter.
Option → Startup Sequence Options menu choice in the Configuration/Setup
Utility program.
the integrated SATA (in SATA models) with integrated SATA RAID supports RAID
levels 0 and 1, with the option of having a hot-spare drive. Installing an optional
ServeRAID controller provides additional RAID levels.
have different capacities, but the RAID controller treats them as if they all have
the capacity of the smallest hard disk drive.
rates.
must use the IBM ServeRAID Support CD that comes with the ServeRAID
option.
configuration method described in the instructions that come with that adapter to
view or change SCSI settings for attached devices.