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Fusion-MPT Device Management User’s Guide 8-1
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Chapter 8
SCSI EFI BIOS and
Setup Utility
This chapter explains how to use the LSI Extended Firmware Interface
(EFI) 1.1 Fusion-MPT SCSI BIOS and Setup Utility. This chapter
contains the following sections:
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Section 8.1, “Overview and Features”
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Section 8.2, “Installing the Boot Services Driver”
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Section 8.3, “Starting the EFI Setup Utility”
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Section 8.4, “Setup Utility Menu Screens”
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Section 8.5, “Creating RAID Arrays”
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Section 8.6, “Exiting the SCSI Setup Utility”
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Section 8.7, “SCSI Pass-Thru Protocol”
8.1 Overview and Features
The LSI Extended Firmware Interface (EFI) Fusion-MPT BIOS is a native
IA64 EFI 1.1 Boot Services Driver that provides pre-OS support for the
LSI Fusion-MPT architecture SCSI and Fibre Channel processors. A
Boot Services Driver (BSD) is a BIOS for systems based on Intel
Architecture (IA) and the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI)
specification.
The BSD integrates with EFI system firmware, extending disk services
by installing Block I/O (LBA) for all devices and SCSI pass-thru interfaces
for supported SCSI devices. When a driver is bound to a controller, it
detects all supported devices. Block I/O interfaces are installed for hard
disk drives, removable media devices, CD-ROM drives, write-once, and
Magneto Optical (MO) drives. Platform firmware can use the driver’s
services to boot from any supported device. Normally, the services are
used to copy an OS Loader to boot a system, but the services may also