Dell 39320A User Guide - Page 16

Controller Configuration - enable hostraid

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Enter the BIOS utility by pressing . From the device menu that appears, select a channel and press . The BIOS Configuration Utility menu displays the following options: Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings Configure/View HostRAID Settings SCSI Disk Utilities NOTE: To select an option from this menu or from any of the menus, move the cursor to the option with the Up/Down arrow keys and press . In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. Press at any time to return to the previous menu. Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings-enables you to change SCSI device and controller settings without opening the system chassis or handling the card. Configure/View HostRAID Settings-enables you to create, manage, and delete arrays from the controller's BIOS. SCSI Disk Utilities-includes low-level format and disk media verification SCSI hard disks. Controller Configuration The Controller Configuration section allows a user to change SCSI and controller specific options. The following table lists the available and default settings for each SCSISelect option. For dual channel cards, the settings marked as Autosync are automatically synchronized for both SCSI channels-for example, if you change the Boot Channel option to B First on Channel A, the change will apply to Channel B as well. All other options can be set separately for each of the two SCSI channels. The default settings are appropriate for most systems and should not be changed. Run SCSISelect if you need to change or view current settings, or if you need to use the SCSI disk utilities. See "Using SCSISelect Settings" for descriptions of each option. SCSISelect Options SCSI Bus Interface Definitions: SCSI Controller ID Available Settings 0-15 Default Setting 7

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Enter the BIOS utility by pressing <Ctrl><A>.
From the device menu that appears, select a channel and press <Enter>.
The BIOS Configuration Utility menu displays the following options:
Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings
Configure/View HostRAID Settings
SCSI Disk Utilities
NOTE: To select an option from this menu or from any of the menus, move the cursor to the option with the
Up/Down arrow keys and press
<Enter>
. In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. Press
<Esc>
at any time to return to the previous menu.
Configure/View SCSI Controller Settings
—enables you to change SCSI device and controller settings without
opening the system chassis or handling the card.
Configure/View HostRAID Settings
—enables you to create, manage, and delete arrays from the controller's BIOS.
SCSI Disk Utilities
—includes low-level format and disk media verification SCSI hard disks.
Controller Configuration
The Controller Configuration section allows a user to change SCSI and controller specific options. The following table
lists the available and default settings for each SCSI
Select
option. For dual channel cards, the settings marked as Auto-
sync are automatically synchronized for both SCSI channels—for example, if you change the Boot Channel option to
B First on Channel A, the change will apply to Channel B as well. All other options can be set separately for each of
the two SCSI channels.
The default settings are appropriate for most systems and should not be changed. Run SCSI
Select
if you need to
change or view current settings, or if you need to use the SCSI disk utilities. See "
Using SCSISelect Settings
" for
descriptions of each option.
SCSI
Select
Options
Available Settings
Default
Setting
SCSI Bus Interface Definitions:
SCSI Controller ID
0-15
7