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POST then detects the internal SCSI controller and display the massage prompting you
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to launch the SCSI device utility. (Ignore the message. POST will automatically
proceed a few seconds later.)
Press <Ctrl> <A> for SCSISelect(TM) Utility!
To launch the SCSI device utility, press Ctrl and A. See Chapter 4 for setup and
parameters.
You need to use the SCSI device utility when:
you installed an SCSI device in a backup device bay.
you connected an external SCSI device.
you changed internal SCSI device connections of the server.
The server automatically restarts POST all over again when you exit the SCSI device
utility.
If more than one SCSI controller board is installed on the PCI bus of the server, the
system detects the boot devices in order of the PCI slots 3B, 2B, 1B, 3C, 2C, and 1C.
The system starts detecting the slots in each PCI riser card in ascendin g order of the
slot numbers, and displays the message indicating activation of the SCSI BIOS
SETUP utility. If the system drive is to be connected to a RAID controller, connect it
to the PCI slot 3C.
RAID controller must be installed to the PCI slot that has a highest boot priority than
the PCI slots connected with the other RAID controller. The boot order for the RAID
controller is as follows.
3B → 2B → 1B → 3C → 2C → 1C
8. POST displays SCSI ID numbers used by the connected SCSI devices on the screen.
If an optional disk array controller is installed, the system displays the message
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prompting you to activate the disk array BIOS SETUP utility. (The start message and
operation may vary depending on the mounted board.)
For details, see the manual provided with the board or the online document in the NEC
STORAGE NS420 CD-ROM provided with the server.
If you set a password using the BIOS setup utility, SETUP, the password entry screen
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appears upon successful completion of POST.
Up to three password entries will be accepted. Three incorrect password entries
disable the server to boot. In such a case, turn off the power and wait about ten seconds
before turning on to boot the server.
IMPORTANT:
The OS starts when POST completes.
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Do not set a password before installing an OS.
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