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Fusion-MPT Device Management User’s Guide 10-1
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Chapter 10
Fibre Channel BIOS
and Configuration
Utility
This chapter explains how to use the LSI Fibre Channel BIOS and
Configuration Utility (CU), version 2.xx.xx. This chapter contains the
following sections:
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Section 10.1, “Overview and Features”
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Section 10.2, “Starting the FC BIOS Configuration Utility”
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Section 10.3, “Configuration Utility Menu Screens”
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Section 10.4, “Exiting the Fibre Channel Configuration Utility”
10.1 Overview and Features
The LSI Fibre Channel BIOS is the bootable ROM code that manages
Fibre Channel hardware resources. It is specific to a family of LSI FC
controllers or processors, such as the LSI40929 processors. The LSI
BIOS integrates with a standard system BIOS, extending the standard
disk service routine provided through INT13h.
During boot time initialization, the FC BIOS determines if other hard
disks, such as an IDE drive, are already installed by the system BIOS. If
there are, the FC BIOS maps any FC drives it finds behind the drive(s)
already installed. Otherwise, the FC BIOS installs drives starting with the
system boot drive. In this case, the system boots from a drive controlled
by the FC BIOS. LSI supports the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS).
The Fibre Channel BIOS Configuration Utility (CU) enables you to
change the default configuration of LSI Fibre Channel host adapters. The
CU is embedded in the Fibre Channel BIOS.