HP LH4r HP Netserver Service Handbook, Volume 1 - Low End - Page 23

EISA Configuration Utility

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Initiate Sync Negotiation Maximum Sync Transfer Rate Enable Disconnection Initiate Wide Negotiation Send Start Unit SCSI Command Include In BIOS Scan Yes 10 MHz Yes (ID 0-7) No (ID 8-15) Yes No Yes Running the SCSISelect Utility To start the SCSISelect utility: 1. Turn on or reboot your system. During system start-up or reset, a BIOS banner appears. The BIOS banner includes a description of each SCSI device connected to the host adapter and its corresponding SCSI ID number. You are asked to press Ctrl-A. Press for SCSISelect(TM)Utility! 2. Press Ctrl-A while the banner appears on the screen. EISA Configuration Utility Use the following instructions for older servers which are not using the HP Navigator CD-ROM Configuration Utilities. Starting from Diskette #1 To start the System Administration Manager from the Diskette #1, simply insert the diskette into drive A and then turn on the computer. Starting SAM from the MS-DOS Prompt To use these parameters while running diskette #1, you must edit the "shell=SAM" line in the CONFIG.SYS file on the backup copy of diskette #1. The line should be "shell=SAM /parm." You must run System Administration Manager from the directory it is in. Options that you fill in appear in italics and are defined in the table below. Command: [drive:]\HPSYS\SAM [/A] [/B] [/F] [/H] [/K] [/M] [/N] where: Parameter drive: HPSYS SAM /A *** /B /F Description the drive that contains the System Administration Manager files. HP NetServer LM only: directory containing EISA utility. the command that starts the System Administration Manager advanced dealer mode. This parameter is used to display features that are not available when running the System Administration Manager in normal mode. displays all screens in the EISA Configuration Utility using BIOS Int 10h calls for computers with non-standard displays. automatic configuration mode. Auto-adds EISA boards using information in CMOS memory and EISA board IDs. 17

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Initiate Sync Negotiation
Yes
Maximum Sync Transfer Rate
10 MHz
Enable Disconnection
Yes
Initiate Wide Negotiation
(ID 0-7) No
(ID 8-15) Yes
Send Start Unit SCSI Command
No
Include In BIOS Scan
Yes
Running the SCSISelect Utility
To start the SCSISelect utility:
1.
Turn on or reboot your system.
During system start-up or reset, a BIOS banner appears. The BIOS banner includes a
description of each SCSI device connected to the host adapter and its corresponding SCSI ID
number. You are asked to press
Ctrl
-
A
.
Press <Ctrl><A> for SCSISelect(TM)Utility!
2. Press
Ctrl
-
A
while the banner appears on the screen.
EISA Configuration Utility
Use the following instructions for older servers which are not using the HP Navigator CD-ROM Configuration
Utilities.
Starting from Diskette #1
To start the System Administration Manager from the Diskette #1, simply insert the diskette into drive A and
then turn on the computer.
Starting SAM from the MS-DOS Prompt
To use these parameters while running diskette #1, you must edit the "shell=SAM" line in the CONFIG.SYS
file on the backup copy of diskette #1. The line should be "shell=SAM /parm." You must run System
Administration Manager from the directory it is in. Options that you fill in appear in
italics
and are defined in
the table below
.
Command:
[drive:]\HPSYS\SAM
[/A] [/B] [/F] [/H] [/K] [/M] [/
N] where:
Parameter
Description
drive:
the drive that contains the System Administration Manager files.
HPSYS
HP NetServer LM only: directory containing EISA utility.
SAM
the command that starts the System Administration Manager
/A
***
advanced dealer mode. This parameter is used to display features that are not
available when running the System Administration Manager in normal mode.
/B
displays all screens in the EISA Configuration Utility using BIOS Int 10h calls for
computers with non-standard displays.
/F
automatic configuration mode. Auto-adds EISA boards using information in CMOS
memory and EISA board IDs.