Boot Adapter List - TYAN Thunder HEsl S2567 User Manual

Boot Adapter List

The adapter boot order specifies the order in which adapters will boot when more than one Symbios
adapter is in a system.
Up to four of the total adapters in a system may be selected as bootable.
To add an adapter to the boot list, press [INSERT] while on the Boot Adapter List. This puts the cursor on
the adapter select list. Use the arrow keys to select the desired adapter and press [ENTER] to add it to
the end of the Boot Adapter List. Below are the fields available along with their descriptions.
Field
Adapter
PCI Bus
Dev/Func
Boot Order
Current Status
Next Boot
The next page describes the Global Properties menu, available from the Main Menu.
Thunder HEsl S2567
Details on field
Indicates the specific Symbios Host Adapter
The PCI Bus number (range 0x00 - 0xFF, 0 - 255
decimal) assigned by the system BIOS to an adapter
Indicates the PCI Device/Function assigned by the
system BIOS to an adapter.
An 8-bit value mapped as follows:
Bit # 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Bits 2-0: Function (range 0 - 7)
Bits 7-3: Device (range 0x00 - 0x1F, 0-31
decimal)
Specifies the relative boot order (0 to 3) of an
adapter.
- : decreases an adapter's relative boot order
+ : increases an adapter's relative boot order
Indicates whether an adapter in the boot list was
enabled during the most recent boot. Disabled
adapters and their attached devices are ignored by
the Symbios PCI SCSI BIOS., they are still visible to
the Configuration utuility.
Specifies whether to enable an adapter upon the
next boot. The Symbios SCSI BIOS ignores disabled
adapters and their attached devices although they
are still visible to the Configuration Utility.
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