3Ware 9550SXU-12 User Guide - Page 73

Starting 3BM 3 Press Alt-3 immediately to bring up the 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM). Normally your 3ware configuration remains on-screen for just a few seconds. However, if a unit has degraded, the screen indicates the problem and remains on your screen longer. 4 If you plan to make changes to your configuration and need to backup data before continuing, press ESC and do so now. Otherwise, press any key to continue. If 3BM detects a degraded array, a red message box appears, to alert you to the problem. For information about rebuilding a degraded array, see "About Degraded Units" on page 151. 5 If you have more than one 9000-series controller in your system, a screen lists the available boards (see Figure 27). Figure 27. AMCC Boards Selection Screen If you have more than 4 boards, you will only see four at first (only four can be processed at a time). After you exit from 3BM, you will have an opportunity to access the BIOS again, to access the remaining boards. Note: If you have a combination of 7000/8000-series and 9000-series controllers in your system, the 7000/8000-series controllers are not listed on the selection screen shown in Figure 27. Instead, an additional BIOS summary will appear for the 7000/ 8000-series controller, similar to Figure 26. To access the BIOS utility for the 7000/ 8000-series board, press Alt-3 when the information for that controller appears. Although similar to 3BM, some screens and features are different for the 7000/ 8000-series. For detailed information, see the version of the 3ware Escalade ATA RAID Controller User Guide that supports the 7000 and 8000 series controllers. If you have two 9000 series controllers that have different versions of the BIOS installed, they will also appear in different BIOS summaries, and will launch different versions of 3BM. Highlight the board with which you want to work and press Enter. www.3ware.com 61