Choices Available From The Scsiselect Menu; Using The Pxe Boot Agent Utility Program - IBM 867413x - Eserver xSeries 330 8674 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Choices available from the SCSISelect menu

The following choices appear on the SCSISelect Utility menu:
v Configure/View Host Adapter Settings
v SCSI Disk Utilities

Using the PXE boot agent utility program

The PXE Boot Agent Utility program is a built-in, menu-driven configuration
utility program that you can use to:
v Change startup (boot) order
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Select this choice to view or change the SCSI controller settings. To reset the
SCSI controller to its default values, press F6; then, follow the instructions that
appear on the screen.
You can view or change the following controller settings:
– Host Adapter SCSI ID
Select this choice to view the SCSI controller ID, normally 7.
– SCSI Parity Checking
Select this choice to view the assigned value of Enabled.
– Host Adapter SCSI Termination
Select this choice to view the assigned value of Enabled.
– Boot Device Options
Select this choice to configure startable device parameters. Before you can
make updates, you must know the ID of the device whose parameters you
want to configure.
– SCSI Device Configuration
Select this choice to configure SCSI device parameters. Before you can make
updates, you must know the ID of the device whose parameters you want to
configure.
Note: The Maximum Sync Transfer Rate represents the transfer rate for Ultra
SCSI devices.
- The transfer rate for Ultra3 SCSI LVD devices is 160.0
- The transfer rate for Ultra2 SCSI LVD devices is 80.0
- The transfer rate for Fast SCSI devices is 20.0
– Advanced Configuration Options
Select this choice to view or change the settings for advanced configuration
options.
Select this choice to view the SCSI IDs that are assigned to each device or to
format a SCSI device.
To use the utility program, select a drive from the list. Read the screens carefully
before making a selection.
Note: If you press Ctrl+A before the selected drives are ready, an Unexpected
SCSI Command Failure screen might appear. Restart the
server/workstation and watch the SCSISelect messages as each drive
spins up. After the drive that you want to view or format spins up, press
Ctrl+A.
Attention: If you change the startup (boot) order using PXE Boot Agent Utility
program, startup sequence settings in the Configuration/Setup Utility program
might not function properly.