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PERC 3/QC Hardware Installation

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Firmware Initializing... [Scanning SCSI Device...(etc.)...]

The firmware takes several seconds to initialize. During this time the
adapter will scan the SCSI channel. When ready, the following appears:

HA –0 (Bus 1 Dev 6) Type: PERC 3/QC Standard FW x.xx SDRAM=
xxxMB

Battery Module is Present on Adapter

0 Logical Drives found on the Host Adapter

0 Logical Drive(s) handled by BIOS

Press to run PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility

Or press to run WebBIOS

The BIOS Configuration Utility prompt times out after several seconds.
The PERC 3/QC host adapter (controller) number, firmware version, and
cache SDRAM size are displayed in the second portion of the BIOS
message. The numbering of the controllers follows the PCI slot scanning
order used by the host motherboard.

Step 9—Run the PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility or

WebBIOS Configuration Utility

Press to run the PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility or
to run the WebBIOS Configuration Utility. See Chapter 11
"PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility" for additional information about
running the PERC 3 BIOS Configuration Utility. WebBIOS is an HTML-
based configuration utility. See the WebBIOS Configuration Utility Guide
for additional information about running WebBIOS.

Step 10—Install Operating System Driver

See the PERC 3 Operating System Driver Installation Guide for additional
information about installing the drivers for Windows NT

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, Windows

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2000, Novell

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NetWare

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, and Red Hat Linux.