IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module Installation And User Manual page 51

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the Adapter List screen and the remaining entry will be the SAS Expansion
Card. HS20 and LS20 blade types will have a single SAS entry by default as the
internal hard drive is connected using SCSI.
Figure 4. Adapter List screen showing Onboard SAS Controller and SAS Expansion Card
2. Use the arrow keys to select the SAS Expansion Card then press Enter to
display the Adapter Properties screen. Ensure that Boot Support is set to
[Disabled], as shown in Figure 5. When the boot support is disabled, the LSI
Adapter BIOS will not scan the data drives for boot devices.
Figure 5. Disabling boot support for the SAS Expansion Card
3. Press Esc to exit the Adapter Properties screen until the utility asks you to save
the configuration as shown in Figure 6. Use the arrow keys to select Save
changes then exit this menu, then press Enter. Back on the Adapter List
screen, the Status of the external adapter now displays as [Disabled].
Figure 6. Saving configuration changes for the SAS Expansion Card
4. Change the boot order so that the Onboard SAS Controller is boot device 0.
Use the arrow keys to select the Boot Order fields, then press Insert and Delete
to change the boot order so that the Onboard SAS Controller is set to 0.
Figure 7 on page 42 shows the correct boot order.
Chapter 7. Working with storage pools and volumes
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