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Adjusting bios option settings, Power-on self test (post) display options – Avago Technologies 3ware 9650SE-12ML (Channel) User Manual

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3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Introduction

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3ware SAS/SATA RAID Software User Guide, Version 9.5.1

Adjusting BIOS Option Settings

3BM includes a few settings that let you customize the behavior of the BIOS
for the selected controller. You can access these settings by selecting

Settings

> BIOS Settings

from the 3BM BIOS Manager screen.

Figure 30. 3BM BIOS Option Settings

Power-On Self Test (POST) Display Options

Display Control.

Specifies what level of detail to display on the start-up

screen.

Full

displays all available information about the items attached to the

controller, including available drives, hot spares, and configured units.

Unit Only

displays only configured units.

Summary

displays a one-sentence description of the items attached to the

controller.

Array View

. Specifies what level of information to show about configured

units on the start-up screen.

Expanded

lists each unit and shows the specific drives that make up the

unit.

Collapsed

lists only the configured units.

Pause Time

. Sets the number of seconds that BIOS loading will pause to

displaying the RAID configuration before continuing to boot the operating
system. You can set a pause time of up to 10 seconds. The default is 6
seconds.

Full Screen Control

. When you have many drives attached to a controller

and choose to display the Full level of detail, the information can extend
beyond a screens’ worth. The Full Screen Control setting lets you specify
whether to wait for a keystroke when the screen is full, before displaying
additional information. This option can be either

No Key

or

Wait Key

.