Adaptec 44300 User Guide - Page 73
SerialSelect Options, Serial, Utility, Enter
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Appendix C: Using the ARC Utility ● 73 3 From the ARC menu, select SerialSelect Utility. 4 To select a menu option, browse with the arrow keys 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. 5 To restore the original SerialSelect default values, press F6 from within the SAS Driver and Controller Configuration screens. 6 To exit SerialSelect, press Esc until a message prompts you to exit (if you changed any settings, you are prompted to save the changes before you exit). 7 At the prompt, select Yes to exit, then press any key to restart the computer. Any changes you made in SerialSelect take effect after the computer restarts. SerialSelect Options The following table lists the available and default settings for each SerialSelect option and the description of each option. The default settings are appropriate for most systems and appear in bold type in the table. Adaptec recommends that you do not change the settings. SerialSelect Options Controller Configuration Runtime BIOS Available Settings Enabled Disabled Disabled:Scan bus BBS Support Device Controller RAID Support POST Banner Display Enabled Disabled Enabled Disabled CTRL-A Message Enabled Disabled Physical Drives Display Enabled during Post Disabled PHY Configuration PHY Rate Auto, 1.5, 3.0 Description Controls the state of the BIOS at POST time. When Enabled, the HostRAID controller BIOS allows the controller to act as a bootable device. Disabling the BIOS allows another suitable HostRAID controller to act as the boot device. When BBS support is set to Device base, the system's BIOS will list each connected bootable device to the HostRAID controller as an individual entry. When BBS support is set to Controller base, the system's BIOS will only list the HostRAID controller in the system boot order. This is useful in a multi-HostRAID controller configuration. When there are active arrays in the system, will not allow you to Disable RAID support. When Enabled, the Adaptec banner, version, and copyright is displayed. When Disabled, the Adaptec banner, version, and copyright is not displayed. When set to Enabled, the SAS HostRAID controller BIOS displays the Press for ARC Utility message on your screen during system bootup. If this setting is disabled, you can still invoke the ARC utility by pressing Ctrl+A after the SAS HostRAID controller BIOS banner appears. When Enabled, connected physical devices are displayed during system POST. Displaying the devices adds a few seconds to the overall POST time. The data transfer rate between the HostRAID controller and devices. The default setting is Automatic, which allows the SAS HostRAID controller to adjust the speed as needed.