BIOS CONFIGURATION
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3. Host_BIOS Setup Manager
The system mainboard BIOS automatically configures the following
SAS host adapter parameters at power-up:
• PCI Bus/Device/Function
• I/O Port Address
• Interrupt Channel (IRQ)
• Adapter ROM Base Address
Use Host_BIOS setup manager to further configure the SAS host
adapters to suit your server hardware and operating system.
3.1 Starting the Host_BIOS Setup Manager
This section explains how to use the Host_BIOS setup manager
to configure your host adapters. The Host_BIOS setup manager is
designed to be user-friendly. It is a menu-driven program, residing
in the flash ROM, which allows you to scroll through various menus
and sub-menus and select among the predetermined configuration
options.
When starting a system with a SAS host adpater installed, it will
display the following message on the monitor during the start-up
sequence (after the system bios startup screen but before the op-
erating system boots):
The information fields on the adapter setup screen are as follows:
Bus: Indicates the PCI Bus number assigned by the system BIOS
to the selected adapter (range 0 - 255 decimal)
Dev: Indicates the PCI Device assigned by the system BIOS to the
selected adapter (range 0 - 31 decimal)
Bus / Dev / Func=1/0/0, I/O-Port=D2100000h, IRQ=11, BIOS=CF00:0h
[Disk -SATA-ll] P/I/L=0/00/000 <
ST6700630NS
>Size=76(GB)
[Disk -SAS-3.0] P/I/L=1/01/000 <
HUS151436VLS300
>Size=34(GB)
[Disk -SAS-3.0] P/I/L=2/02/000 <
ATLAS10K5_147SAS
>Size=137(GB)
[Disk -SAS-3.0] P/I/L=3/03/000 <
HUS151436VLS300
>Size=34(GB)
#Total device(s):<4>, #Int13 device(s):<4>. Areca SAS BIOS installed!
Press <Tab/F6> to enter SETUP menu. 4 second(s) left <ESC to skip>..
ARC-1330 PCI-Ex8-8.0G SAS Cntlr - BIOS V1.00 / Date: 2016-08-19
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