Adaptec 2060900 User Guide - Page 45

Using SCSI, Settings

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User's Guide 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 computer. Any changes you made in SCSISelect take effect after the computer 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 s SCSI Controller 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. We recommend that you do not change this setting. s SCSI Controller 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 controller and the way it looks at each ID on that controller. You cannot mix devices that do and do not support parity checking on the same SCSI bus. s SCSI Controller 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. We recommend that you do not change this setting. 3-4

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Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI Cards User
s Guide
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 computer. Any changes you made in SCSI
Select
take effect
after the computer 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 Controller 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. We recommend that you do
not change this setting.
SCSI Controller 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 controller and the way it looks at each ID on
that controller. You cannot mix devices that do and do not
support parity checking on the same SCSI bus.
SCSI Controller 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. We recommend that you do
not change this setting.