Operating System Software - Adaptec AHA-3940U Installation Manual

Pci-to-ultrascsi host adapters

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Table Of Contents

Table of Contents

Boot Device Options, SCSI Device Configuration,

and Advanced Configuration Options. Highlight an

option and press Enter to see a list of possible values.

Select SCSI Device Configuration to see a menu of

the following options for each device on the SCSI

bus: Initiate Sync Negotiation, Maximum Sync

Transfer Rate, Enable Disconnection, Send Start

Unit Command, and Initiate Wide Negotiation

(AHA-3940UW/3940UWD only). These settings

apply to individual SCSI devices.

Select Advanced Configuration Options for a menu

that includes these advanced options: Channel BIOS

(Configuration Utility Reserves BIOS Space), Sup-

port Removable Disks as Fixed Disks, and Extended

BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte.

SCSI Disk Utilities

When you select SCSI Disk Utilities from the

Options menu, a list of installed SCSI devices

appears. When you select a device the Utilities menu

appears, giving you the following two choices:

Format Disk

runs the Adaptec SCSI low-level

—

format utility. Most SCSI devices are preformatted

and do not need to be formatted again.

Verify Disk Media—scans the selected device's

media for defects. If bad blocks are found, you are

prompted to reassign them; if you select Yes,

those blocks are no longer used.