BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS
BUILT-IN SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS
P6F40-B5 User’s Manual
P6F40-B5 User’s Manual
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To provide easy to use and cost effective support for adapters using or compatible with the
Symbios Logic 53C8XX SCSI chips, this mainboard features built-in Symbios SCSI BIOS.
In most cases you should not need to change the default configuration of your host adapter.
You may decide to alter these default values if there is a conflict between device settings, or
if you need to optimize system performance. A message appears on your computer monitor
(for about 5 seconds) during boot that looks like this:
Press Crtl-C to start Configuration Utility
The Symbios SCSI Configuration Utility
This menu driven utility allows you to view and change the default configuration settings
for host adapters using Symbios 53C8XX chips.
Note
: Pressing
Ctrl-A
after memory count during re-boot allows you to recover the default
settings and reconfigure.
The following tables lists the configuration settings you can change:
•
Global: Affects both adapter and all SCSI devices
•
Device: Affects only the individual SCSI devices
Global Default Settings
Device Default Settings
Settings
Default
Settings
Default
SCAM Support
On
Synchronous Transfer
Rate (MB/sec)
20
Parity Checking
Enabled
Data Width
8
Host Adapter SCSI ID
7
Disconnect
On
Scan Order
Low to High (0-Max)
Read Write I/O Timeout
(secs)
10
Scan for Devices at Boot
Time
Yes
Scan for SCSI LUNs
Yes
Queue Tags
Enabled
If you decide to press Ctrl-C during boot, the following message appears:
Please wait, invoking Configuration Utility …
After a brief pause, your computer will display the Main Menu of the utility.
