Table of Contents
Advertisement
Changing the Boot Device Priority Permanently
You can change the boot device permanently. Until you change the boot device priority again via
this instruction set, the boot device priority does not change.
1. Quickly press the <F2> key. A prompt may or may not appear. After a few bootup tests
complete, the main BIOS Setup screen appears.
2. From the Setup screen, select Boot Menu. Press <Enter>.
3. Select Boot Device Priority, and press <Enter>.
4. In the Boot Device Priority screen, use the up- or down-arrow keys to select "ATAPI
CD-ROM Drive", or the appropriate SCSI CD-ROM drive, then press the <+> key to move it
to the top of the list.
5. Now set the second boot device to Diskette Drive and the third boot device to Hard Drive.
6. Press the <F10> key to save your changes and exit Setup.
7. When the Exit prompt appears, press <Enter> again.
8. The bootup process continues. When finished, an OS prompt displays.
9. Make sure the CD is in the drive, and boot the server.
Running the SCSI Select Utility
Each host adapter includes an onboard SCSISelect configuration utility that allows you to
configure/view the settings of the host adapters and devices in the server.
After pressing <F2> or <Esc> during POST, the splash screen is replaced by text.
The system first finds the Adaptec
"Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI BIOS V x.xxx" where x.xxx is the version number of the SCSISelect
utility. Pressing <Ctrl+A> at this time allows you to configure the Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI host
adapter.
If you do not press <Ctrl+A>, the system finds the Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI host adapter and
displays the message "Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI BIOS V x.xxx" where x.xxx is the version number
of the SCSISelect utility. Pressing <Ctrl+A> at this time allows you to configure the Adaptec
AIC-7899 SCSI host adapter.
Once you enter the configuration menus for one of the host adapters, you cannot switch to the
other adapter. For example, once you press <Ctrl+A> to configure the Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI
host adapter, you have to reboot the system to configure the Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI host adapter.
When to Run the SCSI Select Utility
Use the SCSISelect utility to
Change default values
Check and/or change SCSI device settings that may conflict with those of other devices in the
server
Do a low-level format on SCSI devices installed in the server
†
AIC-7880 SCSI host adapter and displays the message
SRKA4 /ISP4400 Server System 31
Advertisement
Table of Contents
