HP Vectra VL800, Technical Reference Manual

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4 Interface Cards
SCSI Adapter Cards
Starting the Symbios Configuration Utility
You access the Symbios Configuration Utility by pressing
Ctrl-C
when the
message
Press Ctrl-C to start Symbios Configuration
Utility...
is displayed during the PC’s start-up routine. A further
message is then displayed:
Please wait, invoking Symbios
Configuration Utility...
before the Main menu of the Symbios
Configuration utility appears.
NOTE
During PC startup, the PC reports the presence of two SCSI channels.
(Similarly, you will see two SCSI channels in the System configuration of the
Windows Control Panel.)
This is because there are two SCSI channels present in the SCSI card chip
logic, although only the first SCSI channel is active and usable with this model
of SCSI card.
Disconnect On Indicates whether to allow a device to disconnect during SCSI operations. Some (usually newer)
devices run faster with disconnect enabled, while some (usually older) devices run faster with
disconnect disabled.
SCSI Timeout 10 Indicates the maximum allowable time for completion of a SCSI operation in seconds.
Since time-outs provide a safeguard that allows the system to recover should an operation fail, it is
recommended that a value greater than zero be used. A value of zero allows unlimited time for an
operation to complete and could result in the system hanging (waiting forever) should an operation
fail.
N N N Nooootttteeee:::: This field is executable and must be selected with the Enter key. You also input the new value
with the number keys from the keyboard, not the number pad.
Queue Tags On This field indicates whether to allow the use of queue tags for a device. Currently the BIOS does not
use queue tags. This item specifies queue tag control to higher level device drivers.
Field
Default
Settings
Description