User Guide

22 ASUS PCI-SC896 User’s Manual

3. Configuring

Device Default Settings

Settings for Individual SCSI Devices Default Settings

Synchronous Transfer Rate (MB/Sec) 40 or 80

Data Width 16

Disconnect On

Read/Write I/O Time-Out (secs) 10

Scan for Devices at Boot Time Yes

Scan for SCSI LUNs Yes

Queue Tags Enabled

3.2 Starting the SCSI BIOS Utility

If you have SCSI BIOS version 4.0, and it includes the ASUS SCSI BIOS

Configuration Utility, you can change the default configuration of your SCSI

host adapters. You may decide to alter these default values if there is a conflict

between device settings or if you need to optimize system performance.

You can see the version number of your SCSI BIOS in a banner displayed on

your computer monitor during boot. If the utility is available, the following

message also appears on your monitor:

Press Ctrl-C to start ASUS Configuration Utility...

This message remains on your screen for about five seconds, giving you time

to start the utility. If you decide to press “Ctrl-C,” the message changes to:

Please wait, invoking ASUS Configuration Utility...

After a brief pause, your computer monitor displays the Main Menu of the

ASUS SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility. As NVRAM (Non Volatile Random

Access Memory) is available on the PCI-SC896 SCSI device, changes can be

made and stored using this menu driven utility.

IMPORTANT: This utility is a powerful tool. If, while using it, you some-

how disable all of your controllers, pressing Ctrl-A (or Ctrl-E on ver-

sion 4.04 or later) after memory initialization during reboot allows you

to re-enable and reconfigure.