LSI LSI8751SP User Manual page 53

Pci to ultra scsi host adapter
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Read/Write I/O Time-out (seconds) – This option sets the amount of
time the host adapter waits for a read, write, or seek command to
complete before trying the I/O transfer again. Since this provides a
safeguard allowing the system to recover if an I/O operation fails, it is
recommended that you always set the time-out to a value greater than
zero.
Note:
If the time-out is set to zero, then the I/O will never time-out.
Scan for Device at Boot Time – Set this option to No when there is a
device you do not want to be available to the system. Also, on a bus with
only a few devices attached, you can speed up boot time by changing
this setting to No for all unused SCSI IDs.
Scan for SCSI Logical Units (LUNs) – Set this option to No if you
have problems with a device that responds to all LUNs whether they are
occupied or not. For example, if there is a SCSI device with multiple
LUNs but you do not want all of those LUNs to be available to the
system, then set this option to No. This will limit the scan to LUN 0 only.
Queue Tags – This option allows the user to enable or disable the
issuing of queue tags during I/O requests when your device driver can
do this.
Initial Boot – This option allows any device attached to the first adapter
to become the boot device. It provides the users of non-BBS personal
computers with some of the flexibility of a BBS machine.
Format Device – If enabled, this option allows the user to low-level
format a magnetic disk drive. Low-level formatting will completely and
irreversibly erase all data on the drive. Formatting will default the drive to
a 512-byte sector size even if the drive had previously been formatted to
another sector size.
Verify – This option allows you to read all the sectors on a disk looking
for errors. When selected, this option displays the following message:
Verify all sectors on the device
Press ESC to abort
Else press any key to continue
Starting the SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility
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