Dell PowerEdge 6350 User Manual

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3-2 Dell PowerEdge 6350 Systems User’s GuideThe AIC-7890 host adapter supports up to three 1-inch internal SCSI hard-disk drivesvia a standard SCSI backplane board. The AIC-7860 host adapter supports theCD-ROM drive.The AIC-7890 and AIC-7860 host adapters and the optional AHA-2940U2W hostadapter are all part of the Adaptec 78xx series of SCSI controllers, and all use the 78xxseries of SCSI device drivers provided by Dell. The Adaptec SCSI basic input/outputsystem (BIOS), which is stored in your computer system’s flash memory or on theAHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card, links these SCSI device drivers to the AIC-7890and AIC-7860 SCSI controller chips or the optional AHA-2940U2W SCSI controller card.If you are using an optional Dell PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller, the corre-sponding SCSI device drivers are installed at the same time as the SCSI device driversfor the AIC-7890, AIC-7860, and AHA-2940U2W host adapters. You can also refer toyour RAID controller documentation for information on installing your SCSI devicedrivers.For instructions on installing SCSI hardware devices such as hard-disk drives, externaltape drives, or CD-ROM drives, trained service technicians should see Chapter 9,“Installing the Diskette and CD-ROM Drives,” and Chapter 10, “Installing Hard-DiskDrives,” in theInstallation and Troubleshooting Guide. After the SCSI devices areinstalled, you need to install and configure one or more SCSI device drivers so thatyour SCSI devices can communicate with your operating system.7KH6&6,6HOHFW8WLOLW\The BIOS for the built-in AIC-7890 and AIC-7860 SCSI controllers includes the menu-driven SCSISelect configuration utility, which allows you to change SCSI controllersettings without opening the computer. SCSISelect also contains SCSI disk utilitiesthat let you low-level format or verify the disk media of your SCSI hard-disk drives.6WDUWLQJWKH6&6,6HOHFW8WLOLW\You can start the SCSISelect utility by pressing when the following promptappears briefly during start-up:Press for SCSISelect (TM) Utility.The first menu displays two options:á Configure/View Host Adapter Settingsá SCSI Disk Utilities8VLQJ6&6,6HOHFW0HQXVSCSISelect 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 .In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previ-ous menu at any time by pressing . To restore the original SCSISelect defaults,press .