Dell PowerEdge systems 6300, User Manual

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3-8 Dell PowerEdge 6300 Systems User’s Guide
extended translation, the partition size you choose must be a multiple of 8 MB. If
you request a size that is not a multiple of 8 MB,
fdisk rounds up to the nearest
whole multiple of 8 MB.
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Display <Ctrl><a> Message During BIOS Initialization — This option determines
whether the
Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect (TM) Utility.
mes-
sage appears on your screen during system start-up. The default is Enabled. If
this setting is disabled, you can still run the SCSI
Select utility by pressing
<Ctrl><a> after the host adapter BIOS banner appears.
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Multiple LUN Support — This option determines whether your system supports
booting from a SCSI device that has multiple LUNs. The default is Disabled.
Enable this option if your boot device has multiple LUNs.
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BIOS Support For Bootable CD-ROM — This option determines whether the host
adapter BIOS provides support for booting from a CD-ROM drive. The default is
Enabled.
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BIOS Support For Int 13 Extensions — This option determines whether the host
adapter BIOS supports disks with more than 1024 cylinders. The default is
Enabled.
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Support For Ultra2 SCSI Speed — This option determines whether the host
adapter supports the fast transfer rates (20–80 MB/sec). The default is Enabled.
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You can start the SCSI Select utility by pressing <Ctrl><a> when the following prompt
appears briefly during start-up:
Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect (TM) Utility.
The first menu displays the Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and SCSI Disk Utili-
ties options.
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SCSI
Select uses menus to list options you can select. To select an option, use the up-
and down-arrow keys to move the cursor to the option; then press <Enter>.
In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previ-
ous menu at any time by pressing <Esc>. To restore the original SCSI
Select default
values, press <F6>.
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To access the SCSI disk utilities, select the SCSI Disk Utilities option from the menu
that appears when you start SCSI
Select. When the option is selected, SCSISelect
immediately scans the SCSI bus (to determine the devices installed) and displays a
list of all SCSI IDs and the device assigned to each ID.
When you select a specific ID and device, a small menu appears, displaying the For-
mat Disk and Verify Disk Media options.