Configuring The Adaptec Aic-7899 Scsi Adapter; Running The Promise Fastbuild Utility; When To Run The Promise Fastbuild Utility - MAXDATA PLATINUM User Manual

Configuring the Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI Adapter

The Adaptec AIC-7899 SCSI adapter has two busses. Select the bus from the following menu:
Main Menu
Menu Item
You have an AIC-7899 adapter in your system.
Move the cursor to the bus:device:channel of
the one for configuration and press <Enter>.
<F5> - Toggle color/monochrome
After selecting the bus, the following menu displays:
Menu for each SCSI Channel
Host Adapter
AIC-7899 at Bus:Device:
Channel 01:06:A (or 01:06:B)
When you are finished, press <Esc> and make your selection from the following menu:
Exit Menu
Feature Option
Exit Utility? Yes
No

Running the Promise FastBuild Utility

This utility is only found on the SCB2 ATA model only.
The Promise ATA-100 host adapter is configured using the FastBuild
that allows you to configure/view the settings of the host adapter and set RAID configurations.

When to Run the Promise FastBuild Utility

Use the FastBuild utility to:
• Define a RAID array
• Delete a RAID array
• Restore a RAID array
Running the Promise FastBuild Utility
1. When this message appears on the video monitor:
<<<Press <Ctrl><F> to enter FastBuild (TM) Utility>>>
2. Press <Ctrl+F> to run the utility.
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Option
Configure/View
Host Adapter
Settings
SCSI Disk Utilities
Comment
When you finish configuring your SCSI devices, press <Esc>.
Then select Yes and press <Enter>. When this message appears:
Please press any key to reboot
Press any key, and the server reboots.
Options
Bus:Device:Channel
01:06:A
01:06:B
Comment
Press <Enter> to view the Configuration Menu.
Press <Enter> to view the SCSI Disk Utilities Menu.
This menu allows you to format hard disks
and/or verify disk media.
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configuration utility
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