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scsi-ag.bk : notice.fb4 Page ii Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Notice The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. Hewlett-Packard makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
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scsi-ag.bk : title.fb4 Page iv Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Who This Manual Is For This manual is for anyone who wants to: • • Add a SCSI accessory to their PC. Configure a SCSI accessory in an HP PC. Important Safety Information WARNING If you have any doubt that you can lift the PC or display safely, do not try to move it without help. For your safety, always connect the equipment to a grounded wall outlet.
scsi-ag.bk : scsiadm.fb4 Page 1 Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Configuring the SCSI Bus Configuring the SCSI Bus You can configure your PC’s SCSI bus using the SCSISelect utility. This utility is for use with Internal Wide 16-bit SCSI devices. Using SCSI Select ATTENTION The SCSISelect™ utility is intended for advanced users only. Note that the SCSISelect option displayed on your screen may be different to the one described here.
scsi-ag.bk : scsiadm.fb4 Page 2 Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Configuring the SCSI Bus It is recommended that you do not change these settings. Configure/View Interface Settings Menu SCSISelect(TM) Utility v1.xxx Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 SCSI Parity Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Enabled Host Adapter SCSI Termination ...................Automatic Additional Options Boot Device Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
scsi-ag.bk : scsiadm.fb4 Page 3 Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Configuring the SCSI Bus Additional Options: • Boot Device Options Press to display the Boot Device Configuration menu, described on the next page. • SCSI Device Configuration Press • • Array 1000 BIOS (only if HP FastRAID is installed) This option is enabled by default, and instructs the system to use the special BIOS for the FastRAID option.
scsi-ag.bk : scsiadm.fb4 Page 4 Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Configuring the SCSI Bus SCSI Device Configuration Menu This menu lets you configure parameters for each SCSI device on the SCSI bus. To configure a specific SCSI device, you need to know which SCSI ID it uses. To know the SCSI ID of a specific SCSI device, you can run the SCSI Disk Utilities (refer to page 7). SCSI Device ID SCSI Device Device Configuration SCSI Configuration #0 #1 #2 #3 Initiate Sync Negotiation...
scsi-ag.bk : scsiadm.fb4 Page 5 Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Configuring the SCSI Bus It is strongly recommended that you switch the Maximum Sync Transfer Rate to 20 MB per second when connecting an external SCSI device. • Enable Disconnection To optimize SCSI bus performance, Enable Disconnection should be set to Yes. • Initiate Wide Negotiation This option determines whether the SCSI channel attempts 16-bit data transfer instead of 8-bit data transfer.
scsi-ag.bk : scsiadm.fb4 Page 6 Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Configuring the SCSI Bus Advanced Configuration It is recommended that these settings are not changed. Options Menu Advanced Configuration Options Plug and Play Scam Support ....................................Disabled Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte ............ Enabled Reset SCSI Bus at IC Initialization............................
scsi-ag.bk : scsiadm.fb4 Page 7 Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:25 PM Configuring the SCSI Bus • Display Message During BIOS Initialization When enabled, this option displays the message Press for SCSISelect(TM) Utility! during BIOS initialization. When disabled, this message is not displayed, although you can still press the key combination for the SCSISelect utility. This option is enabled by default.
scsi-ag.bk : scsi-bc.fb4 Page 9 Tuesday, September 15, 1998 2:30 PM PC Documentation Roadmap If you want to ...
