Appendix A Using The Adaptec Hba Configuration Utility; Running The Hba Configuration Utility: Ctrl-A Or Uefi/Hii - Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI Installation And User Manual

Serial Attached SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation and User's Guide
A Using the Adaptec HBA Configuration Utility
The Adaptec HBA Configuration utility is a BIOS-based utility that you can use to manage your HBA and
the devices attached to it. It comprises a set of tools for viewing and modifying HBA properties and for
formatting, verifying, and identifying disk drives.

Running the HBA Configuration Utility: Ctrl-A or uEFI/HII?

Your Adaptec Host Bus Adapter supports two interfaces to the BIOS-level adapter configuration options
described in this chapter: Ctrl-A and uEFI/HII.
On servers that support the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface, or uEFI (version 2.10 or higher), the
BIOS-level configuration options are presented with a uEFI/HII interface (Human Interaction
Infrastructure), rather than Adaptec's legacy Ctrl-A interface. uEFI/HII provides an
architecture-independent mechanism for initializing add-in cards, like the Adaptec Host Bus Adapter,
and rendering contents to the screen in a uniform way.
To access the HBA configuration options with the Ctrl-A interface, start or restart your computer. When
prompted, press Ctrl+A, then scan for and select your adapter (if you have more than one). The main
menu is displayed.
Note: The SerialSelect option is available only with the Ctrl-A interface.
In the uEF/HII interface, access to the HBA configuration options is provided through the server's standard
BIOS. How you access the BIOS varies, depending on the server manufacturer, but typically it's started
by simply pressing . Once you enter setup, navigate to the "Advanced" menu, select your adapter
DEL
from the list (Adaptec SAS 7805H in the example below), then select "Device List" to see a list of drives
on the adapter.
From that point on, the uEFI/HII menus and the Ctrl-A menus for configuring your HBA are similar. For
example, the Disk Utilities menu contains the same three options for formatting, verifying, and identifying
disk drives.
In both interfaces, all the tools are menu-based and instructions for completing tasks appear on-screen.
Menus can be navigated using the arrows, Enter, Esc, and other keys on your keyboard.
This chapter provides instructions for navigating and completing tasks with the Ctrl-A interface. To
complete tasks with the uEFI/HII interface:
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