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Chapter 8: Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect ● 36 Starting SCSISelect To start SCSISelect: 1 Turn on or restart your system. 2 During the startup process, pay careful attention to the messages that appear on your screen. 3 When the following message appears on your screen, press the Ctrl-A keys simultaneously (this message appears for only a few seconds): Press for SCSISelect (TM) Utility! 4 Select SCSI Channel. 5 From the menu that appears, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the option you want to select, then press Enter. Exiting SCSISelect To exit SCSISelect: 1 Press Esc until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit). 2 At the prompt, select Yes to exit, then press any key to restart the system. Any changes you made in SCSISelect take effect after the system restarts. Using SCSISelect Settings To select an option, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the option, then press Enter. In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing Esc. To restore the original SCSISelect default values, press F6 from the main SCSISelect screen. SCSI Bus Interface Options ● SCSI Card ID-(Default: 7) Sets the SCSI ID for the SCSI card. The Adaptec SCSI Card is set at 7, which gives it the highest priority on the SCSI bus. Adaptec recommends that you do not change this setting. ● SCSI Card Parity-(Default: Enabled) SCSI cards perform parity checking to verify the accuracy of data transfer on the SCSI bus. Most currently available SCSI devices support parity checking. However, if a device on the SCSI bus does not support parity checking, disable this option. This setting changes parity for the entire SCSI card and the way it looks at each ID on that SCSI card. You cannot mix devices that do and do not support parity checking on the same SCSI bus. ● SCSI Card Termination-(Default: Automatic) Determines the termination setting for the SCSI card. The default setting is Automatic, which allows the SCSI card to adjust the termination as needed. Adaptec recommends that you do not change this setting.

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Chapter 8: Configuring the Adaptec SCSI Card with SCSISelect
●
36
Starting SCSI
Select
To start SCSI
Select
:
1
Turn on or restart your system.
2
During the startup process, pay careful attention to the messages that appear on your
screen.
3
When the following message appears on your screen, press the
Ctrl-A
keys simultaneously
(this message appears for only a few seconds):
Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSI
Select
(TM) Utility!
4
Select
SCSI Channel
.
5
From the menu that appears, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the option you want
to select, then press
Enter
.
Exiting SCSI
Select
To exit SCSI
Select
:
1
Press
Esc
until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any settings, you are
prompted to save the changes before you exit).
2
At the prompt, select
Yes
to exit, then press any key to restart the system. Any changes you
made in SCSI
Select
take effect after the system restarts.
Using SCSI
Select
Settings
To select an option, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the option, then press
Enter
. In
some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previous menu at
any time by pressing
Esc
.
To restore the original SCSI
Select
default values, press
F6
from the main SCSI
Select
screen.
SCSI Bus Interface Options
●
SCSI Card ID
—(Default: 7) Sets the SCSI ID for the SCSI card. The Adaptec SCSI Card is
set at 7, which gives it the highest priority on the SCSI bus. Adaptec recommends that you
do not change this setting.
●
SCSI Card Parity
—(Default: Enabled) SCSI cards perform parity checking to verify the
accuracy of data transfer on the SCSI bus. Most currently available SCSI devices support
parity checking. However, if a device on the SCSI bus does not support parity checking,
disable this option. This setting changes parity for the entire SCSI card and the way it looks
at each ID on that SCSI card. You cannot mix devices that do and do not support parity
checking on the same SCSI bus.
●
SCSI Card Termination
—(Default: Automatic) Determines the termination setting for the
SCSI card. The default setting is Automatic, which allows the SCSI card to adjust the
termination as needed. Adaptec recommends that you do not change this setting.