Avago Technologies LSI20160 - Manual (Page 29)

Starting the SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility 2-5
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there is a conflict between device settings or if you need to optimize
system performance.
You can see the version number of your SCSI BIOS in a banner
displayed on your computer monitor during boot. If the utility is available,
the following message also appears on your monitor:
Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility...
This message remains on your screen for about five seconds, giving you
time to start the utility. If you decide to press Ctrl-C, the message
changes to:
Please wait invoking LSI Logic Configuration Utility...
After a brief pause, your computer monitor displays the Main menu of the
SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility.
The following messages may appear during the boot process:
•
Adapter removed from boot order, parameters will be updated
accordingly! appears when an adapter is removed from the system
or relocated behind a PCI bridge.
•
Configuration data invalid, saving default configuration!
appears if none of the information in NonVolatile Random Access
Memory (NVRAM) is valid.
•
Found SCSI Controller not in following Boot Order List, to
Add: Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration
Utility... or Adapter configuration may have changed,
reconfiguration is suggested! could appear when fewer than four
adapters are in the boot order and adapters exist in the system which
are not in the boot order.
The SDMS SCSI BIOS does not control all devices detected by this
configuration utility. Devices such as tape drives and scanners require
that a device driver specific to that peripheral be loaded.
To make changes with this menu-driven utility, one or more LSI Logic
SCSI host adapters must have NVRAM to store the changes. You can
change four sets of configurations. You make changes on subordinate
menus called from the Main menu, which is opened when you start the
SCSI BIOS Configuration Utility. The subordinate menus are: