Configuring The Boot Device; Partitioning And Formatting Scsi Hard-Disk Drives; Figure 10-4. Daisy-Chaining External Scsi Devices - Dell PowerEdge 4200 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

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Figure 10-4. Daisy-Chaining External SCSI
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9. Replace the computer cover, and reconnect the
computer and peripherals to their power sources.
10. Connect the external device(s) to power.
For each external device, plug the socket end of the
power cable into the alternating current (AC) power
receptacle on the back of the device. Plug the other
end of the power cable into an AC power source.
11. Install any required SCSI device drivers.
See Chapter 3, "Installing and Configuring SCSI
Drivers," in the User's Guide for information and
instructions.
12. Test the SCSI devices.
Test a SCSI hard-disk drive by running the SCSI
Devices Test Group in the system diagnostics. See
Chapter 5, "Running the System Diagnostics," for
information.
To test a SCSI tape drive, also refer to the documen-
tation for the tape drive software to perform a tape
drive backup and verification test.
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If the user plans to boot the system from a hard-disk
drive, the drive must be attached to the primary (or boot)
external SCSI
controller or SCSI host adapter card. The primary con-
devices
troller is automatically determined by the specific system
configuration according to the following general
guidelines:
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Partitioning and Formatting SCSI
Hard-Disk Drives
You may need to use different programs than those pro-
vided with the operating system to partition and format
SCSI hard-disk drives. See Chapter 3, "Installing and
Configuring SCSI Drivers," in the User's Guide for
information and instructions.
onfiguring the Boot Device
If the PCI Scan Sequence category in the System
Setup program is set to Embedded Devices First, the
built-in Ultra/Wide host adapter is the primary
controller.
If the PCI Scan Sequence category in the System
Setup program is set to Slot Devices First, the sys-
tem boots from a SCSI host adapter card in an
expansion slot. If more than one SCSI host adapter
card is installed, the boot order is determined by the
particular expansion slot in which the card is
installed. In descending order of precedence, the
boot order for Dell PowerEdge 4200 systems is
PC15, PCI4, PCI8, PCI7, and PCI6.