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Common BIOS Configuration Utility functions
Selectable Boot Device
Allows you to select a disk drive or stripe group from
which the system BIOS loads the operating system.
Select the primary drive from any stripe set or any non-
striped drive. Changing from
No to Yes displays
candidate disk drives.
If the selectable boot option is enabled, the BIOS driver
routes any drive 80h I/O requests to the designated
selectable boot drive. The operating system is loaded
from this drive.
If a SCSI drive is selected as the Boot device,
Enable
Selectable Boot
value becomes Yes . To disable a
SCSI boot device, starting from IDE drive, press the
spacebar to change the value to No . To choose another
SCSI boot device, change the
Enable Selectable
Boot
to No , then press the spacebar again to see the
candidate drives.
Update flash ROM
Updates the flash ROM on your ATTO storage controller
using a floppy diskette. The floppy disk can be created
from the CD or from the latest download from the ATTO
web site. You must boot into Windows or DOS to create
the floppy. After creating the floppy disk, choose the
Update Flash ROM from the appropriate menu. The
storage controller flash is updated automatically after you
confirm you want to proceed with the task.
Display device list
Displays all devices detected in the bus scan. Scroll the
list to see all devices.
Reset defaults
Resets all storage controller settings to the
manufacturer’s defaults.
The
Fibre Channel Configuration Utility presents
this function on an adapter basis. All channels are
affected.
The
SCSI Configuration Utility presents this function
on the
Configure Adapter Channels dialog box and
applies to currently selected channel.
Format disk drives
1 Select drives to format by checking boxes for
each drive.
2 Press the Enter key. A confirmation message
displays.
3 Confirm the selected drives to be formatted.
During the formatting process, the check boxes
turn into status fields, displaying either
Formatting (blinking, red) or Completed for
each drive.
When the format is complete, a message box
displays.
Close the message box is closed; the
application returns to the main menu.
If an error occurs during the formatting, an error message
displays and formatting for the drive which has the error
does not complete. Formatting continues on all other
drives.
More than one disk drive may be formatted at one time as
long as each supports the SCSI disconnect feature.
Save parameters and exit
Saves all changes you have made and exits the utility.
The host reboots.
Discard parameters and exit
Discards all changes you have made, defaulting back to
previous settings, and exits the utility. The host reboots.
Configure Stripe groups
If the adapter has been enabled to manage stripe groups,
creates or deletes stripe groups. To create a stripe group,
supply a stripe group name, specify an interleave size be
specified, and select disks to stripe.