Avago Technologies LSI SAS 3041E-R - Manual (Page 167)

Fusion-MPT Device Management User’s Guide 9-1
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Chapter 9
Fusion-MPT SAS BIOS
and Setup Utility
This chapter explains how to use the LSI Fusion-MPT Serial Attached
SCSI (SAS) BIOS and Setup Utility. This chapter contains the following
sections:
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Section 9.1, “Overview and Features”
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Section 9.2, “Starting the SAS BIOS Setup Utility”
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Section 9.3, “Setup Utility Menu Screens”
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Section 9.4, “Performing Configuration Tasks”
9.1 Overview and Features
The Fusion-MPT SAS BIOS is the bootable ROM code that manages
SAS hardware resources. It is specific to a family of LSI Fusion-MPT
SAS controllers or processors. The Fusion-MPT SAS BIOS integrates
with a standard system BIOS, extending the standard disk service
routine provided through Int13h.
During the boot time initialization, the SAS BIOS determines if the
system BIOS has already installed other hard disks, such as an IDE
drive. If such drives are already installed, the SAS BIOS maps any SAS
or SATA drives it finds behind these drives. Otherwise, the SAS BIOS
installs drives starting with the system boot drive. In this case, the system
boots from a drive controlled by the SAS BIOS. The LSI SAS BIOS
supports the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS).
The SAS BIOS Setup Utility enables you to change the default
configuration of LSI host adapters. The setup utility is embedded in the
SAS BIOS.