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3: Configuring Software and Utilities
5. The bootup process continues. When finished, a system prompt is displayed.
Changing the Boot Device Priority Permanently
You can use the following procedure to change the boot device permanently. Until you
change the boot device priority again using this same procedure, the boot device priority
does not change.
1. Quickly press the <F2> key. A prompt may or may not appear. After a few bootup
tests complete, the main BIOS Setup screen appears.
2. From the Setup screen, select Boot Menu. Press <Enter>.
3. Select Boot Device Priority and press <Enter>.
4. In the Boot Device Priority screen, use the up or down arrow keys to select ATAPI
CD-ROMDrive,ortheappropriateSCSICD-ROMdrive,thenpressthe<+>keyto
move it to the top of the list.
5. Now set the second boot device to Diskette Drive and the third boot device to Hard
Drive.
6. Press the <F10> key to save your changes and exit Setup.
7. When the Exit prompt appears, press <Enter> again.
8. The bootup process continues. When finished, an operating system prompt is
displayed.
9. Make sure the CD is in the drive, and boot the server.
Running the SCSISelect Utility
Each host adapter includes an onboard SCSISelect configuration utility that allows you to
configure, and view the settings of the host adapters and devices in the server.
After pressing <F2> or <Esc> during POST, the splash screen is replaced by text.
The system first finds the Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI host adapter and displays the message
Adaptec AIC-7880 SCSI BIOS V x.xxx,wherex.xxx is the version number of
the SCSISelect utility. Pressing <Ctrl+A> at this time allows you to configure the Adaptec
AIC-7880 SCSI host adapter.