Avago Technologies LSI20160 User Manual

USER’S

GUIDE

PCI Storage Device Management System SDMS™ 4.0

September 2001

Version 12

DB15-000099-04

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Audience

Preface

This book is the user’s guide for the PCI Storage Device Management System SDMS™ 4.0. Version 12 of this user's guide is intended to explain how to install and conﬁgure the LSI Logic SDMS software in your PCI computer system.

This document was prepared for OEM customers and provides an overview of the LSI Logic SDMS software. This document explains the installation of software drivers as they relate to speciﬁc operating systems.

• Chapter 1, Using the SDMS Software, describes the standard

method of interfacing SCSI I/O subsystems with devices, operating systems, and application software.

• Chapter 2, SCSI BIOS and Conﬁguration Utility, describes the

SDMS SCSI BIOS and its Conﬁguration Utility, which allows modiﬁcations or changes to the host adapters. It also provides information about the Multilanguage Conﬁguration Utility.

• Chapter 3, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me Device Driver

Installation, describes the SYMC8XX.MPD, SYM_HI.MPD, and

SYM_U3.MPD drivers along with installation instructions for new and existing Windows 95/98 systems.

• Chapter 4, Windows NT 4.0 Device Driver Installation, describes

the SYMC8XX.SYS, SYM_HI.SYS, and SYM_U3.SYS drivers along with installation instructions for new and existing Windows NT systems. This chapter also includes Windows NT DMI 2.0 Component Instrumentation information.

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• Chapter 5,Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation, describes the

SYMC8XX.SYS, SYM_HI.SYS, SYM_895A.SYS, and SYM_U3.SYS drivers along with installation instructions for new and existing Windows 2000 systems. This chapter also includes Windows 2000 DMI 2.0 Component Instrumentation information.

• Chapter 6, DOS Device Driver Installation, describes the

ASPI8XX.SYS, SYMDISK.SYS, and SYMCD.SYS drivers. It also provides information about various DOS utilities.

• Chapter 7, OS/2 Device Driver Installation, describes the

SYM8XX.ADD and SYMHI.ADD drivers along with installation instructions for new or existing OS/2 systems.

• Chapter 8, SCO OpenServer 5 Device Driver Installation,

describes the Boot Time Loadable Driver (BTLD) along with installation instructions for new or existing SCO UNIX systems.

• Chapter 9, UnixWare 7 Device Driver Installation, describes the

C8XX driver along with the installation instructions fornew or existing UnixWare systems.

• Chapter 10, Solaris Device Driver Installation, describes the

SYMHISL driver along with installation instructions for new or existing Solaris systems.

• Chapter 11, Linux Device Driver Installation, describes Linux

drivers to use with LSI Logic controllers along with installation instructions and patch information.

• Chapter 12, NetWare Device Driver Installation, describes NWPA

LSI8XXNW.HAM, LSIHINW.HAM,and LSI_U3NW.HAMdrivers along with installation instructions for new or existing NetWare systems.

• Appendix A, Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations, describes

various terminology that is referenced throughout this user’s guide.

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Related Publications

LSI8750SP PCI to Ultra SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 2.1,

LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number 14020.A

LSI8751SP PCI to Ultra SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 2.1,

LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14016.A

LSI8751SPE PCI to Ultra SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 1.1,

LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14023.A

LSI8751D PCI to SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 2.1,

LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14011.A

LSI8951U PCI to Ultra2 SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 2.1,

LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14019.A

LSI8952U PCI to Ultra2 SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 2.1,

LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14002.B

LSI8953U PCI to Ultra2 SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 1.1,

LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14036.A

LSI22801 Dual Channel PCI to Ultra SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 2.1, LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14017.A

LSI22802 PCI to Dual Channel SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 2.1, LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14012.A

LSI22910 Dual Channel PCI to Ultra2 SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 1.1, LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14018.A

LSI22915A PCI to Dual Channel Ultra160 SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 1.2, LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14068

LSI21002 PCI to Dual Channel SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 1.1, LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14001.A

LSI21003 PCI to Dual Channel SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 1.0, LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14051

LSI22902 PCI to Ultra2 SCSI Dual Channel Low Proﬁle PCI Host Adapter User’s Guide,Version 1.0, LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number

S14039

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LSI22903 PCI to Ultra160 Dual Channel SCSI Low Proﬁle PCI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 1.1, LSI Logic Corporation,

Order Number S14045.A

LSI21040 PCI to Dual Channel Ultra160 SCSI Host Adapter User’s Guide, Version 1.1, LSI Logic Corporation, Order Number S14043.B

Ultra160 SCSI PCI Host Adapters User Guide, Version 1.0, LSI Logic

Corporation (only available in PDF format from the LSI Logic Web Site http://www.lsilogic.com)

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Contents

Chapter 1 Using the SDMS Software

1.1 Introduction 1-1

1.2 Overview 1-2

1.3 SDMS Device Drivers 1-4

1.4 Basic Guidelines 1-4

Chapter 2 SCSI BIOS and Conﬁguration Utility

2.1 Introduction 2-1

2.1.1 Features 2-2

2.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 2-2

2.2 Boot Initialization with BBS 2-3

2.2.1 CD-ROM Boot Initialization 2-3

2.3 Using the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility 2-3

2.3.1 User Inputs 2-4

2.4 Starting the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility 2-4

2.4.1 Accessing the Conﬁguration Utility Main Menu 2-6

2.4.2 Adapter Properties Menu 2-9

2.4.3 Device Properties Menu 2-12

2.4.4 Boot Adapter List Menu 2-17

2.4.5 Global Properties Menu 2-20

2.5 Exiting the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility 2-22

Chapter 3 Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me Device Driver Installation

3.1 Introduction 3-1

3.1.1 Features 3-2

3.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 3-2

3.1.3 Description 3-3

3.2 Using the SYMC8XX/SYM_HI/SYM_U3 Drivers 3-4

3.2.1 Preparing an SDMS Driver Diskette 3-4

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3.3 Installing Drivers for Windows 95/98/Me 3-5

3.3.1 New System Installation 3-5

3.3.2 Existing System Installation 3-7

3.3.3 Existing System Using ASPI8XX.SYS DOS ASPI Driver 3-10

3.3.4 Verifying Correct Driver Installation 3-11

3.4 Troubleshooting 3-13

3.5 Using the Command Line Options 3-14

3.5.1 Enabling/Disabling Ultra SCSI Support 3-15

3.5.2 Disabling Auto Request Sense Support 3-15

3.5.3 Enabling SCAM Support 3-16

3.5.4 Disabling Domain Validation Support 3-17

3.5.5 Multiple LSI Logic Host Adapters Considerations 3-19

3.6 Using SCSI Tools for Windows 95/98 3-20

3.6.1 Features 3-20

3.6.2 Installing SCSI Tools for Windows 95/98 3-21

Chapter 4 Windows NT 4.0 Device Driver Installation

4.1 Introduction 4-1

4.1.1 Features 4-4

4.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 4-4

4.1.3 Description 4-5

4.2 Using the SDMS Windows NT Drivers 4-7

4.2.1 Preparing an SDMS Driver Diskette 4-7

4.3 Installing Drivers for Windows NT 4-7

4.3.1 New System Installation 4-7

4.3.2 Existing System Installation 4-11

4.4 Performance Tuning for Windows NT 4.0 4-13

4.4.1 Supporting Large Block Size 4-13

4.4.2 Maximum Number of Concurrent I/Os (Guaranteed) 4-14

4.4.3 Disk Mirroring 4-15

4.5 Troubleshooting 4-17

4.6 Using the NT Conﬁguration Utility 4-20

4.6.1 Installing the NT Conﬁguration Utility (x86 Platforms) 4-21

4.6.2 Starting the NT Conﬁguration Utility 4-21

4.6.3 Exiting the NT Conﬁguration Utility 4-31

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4.7 Using the Domain Validation Utility 4-32

4.7.1 Installing the Domain Validation Service Module 4-32

4.7.2 Stopping the DV Service Module 4-33

4.8 Using SDMS ASPI for Windows NT 4.0 4-33

4.8.1 Features 4-33

4.8.2 Description 4-33

4.8.3 Installing NT ASPI 4-34

4.9 Using SCSI Tools for Windows NT 4-34

4.9.1 Features 4-35

4.9.2 Installing SCSI Tools for Windows NT 4-35

Chapter 5 Windows 2000 Device Driver Installation

5.1 Introduction 5-1

5.1.1 Features 5-2

5.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 5-3

5.2 Using the SDMS Windows 2000 Drivers 5-4

5.2.1 Preparing an SDMS Driver Diskette 5-4

5.2.2 Description 5-5

5.3 Installing Drivers for Windows 2000 5-6

5.3.1 New System Installation 5-6

5.3.2 Existing System Installation 5-7

5.4 Performance Tuning for Windows 2000 5-10

5.4.1 Large Block Size Support 5-10

5.4.2 Maximum Number of Concurrent I/Os (Guaranteed) 5-11

5.4.3 Auto Request Sense 5-12

5.4.4 Disk Mirroring 5-12

5.5 Troubleshooting 5-14

5.6 Using SDMS ASPI for Windows 2000 5-18

5.6.1 Features 5-19

5.6.2 Description 5-19

5.6.3 Installing Windows 2000 ASPI 5-20

5.7 Using SCSI Tools for Windows 2000 5-20

5.7.1 Features 5-20

5.7.2 Installing SCSI Tools for Windows 2000 5-21

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Chapter 6 DOS Device Driver Installation

6.1 Introduction 6-1

6.1.1 When You Need to Load Drivers 6-1

6.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 6-3

6.2 Using the DOS Installation Utility 6-3

6.2.1 Troubleshooting 6-4

6.3 About the ASPI8XX.SYS Driver 6-5

6.3.1 Features 6-5

6.3.2 Description 6-6

6.3.3 Installing the ASPI8XX.SYS Driver 6-6

6.3.4 Using Command Line Options 6-6

6.3.5 Troubleshooting 6-11

6.4 About the SYMDISK.SYS Driver 6-12

6.4.1 Features 6-12

6.4.2 Description 6-12

6.4.3 Installing the SYMDISK.SYS Driver 6-13

6.4.4 Using Command Line Options 6-13

6.4.5 Troubleshooting 6-16

6.5 About the SYMCD.SYS Driver 6-18

6.5.1 Features 6-18

6.5.2 Description 6-18

6.5.3 Installing the SYMCD.SYS Driver 6-19

6.5.4 Using Command Line Options 6-20

6.5.5 Troubleshooting 6-21

6.5.6 Assigning Drive Letters 6-22

6.6 Additional DOS Utilities 6-23

6.6.1 Using the Low-Level Format Utility 6-23

6.6.2 Using the DOS Conﬁguration Utility 6-26

6.6.3 Using the DOS Verify Utility 6-28

6.6.4 Host Adapter Flash Utility 6-29

Chapter 7 OS/2 Device Driver Installation

7.1 Introduction 7-1

7.1.1 Features 7-2

7.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 7-3

7.1.3 Description 7-4

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7.2 Using the SDMS OS/2 Drivers 7-5

7.2.1 Preparing an SDMS Driver Diskette 7-5

7.3 Installing Drivers for OS/2 7-5

7.3.1 Installing SYM8XX.ADD/SYM_HI.ADD During New System Installations 7-6

7.3.2 Updating SYM8XX.ADD/SYM_HI.ADD for Existing System Installations 7-7

7.4 Using Command Line Options 7-9

7.5 Troubleshooting 7-17

Chapter 8 SCO OpenServer 5 Device Driver Installation

8.1 Introduction 8-1

8.1.1 Features 8-2

8.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 8-3

8.1.3 Description 8-4

8.2 Building an SDMS 4.0 BTLD PCI Diskette 8-4

8.2.1 For UNIX System Users 8-5

8.2.2 For DOS and Windows System Users 8-5

8.3 Installing the SDMS BTLD Driver 8-6

8.3.1 New System Installation 8-7

8.3.2 Existing System Installation 8-8

8.4 Troubleshooting 8-17

Chapter 9 UnixWare 7 Device Driver Installation

9.1 Introduction 9-1

9.1.1 Features 9-1

9.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 9-2

9.1.3 Description 9-3

9.2 Building the C8XX Driver Diskette 9-3

9.2.1 For UNIX System Users 9-3

9.2.2 For DOS and Windows System Users 9-4

9.3 Installing the C8XX Driver for Unixware 9-5

9.3.1 New System Installation 9-5

9.3.2 Existing System Installation 9-6

9.4 Troubleshooting 9-8

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Chapter 10 Solaris Device Driver Installation

10.1 Introduction 10-1

10.1.1 Features 10-2

10.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 10-2

10.1.3 Description 10-3

10.2 Building the SYMHISL Driver Update Diskette 10-4

10.2.1 For UNIX System Users 10-4

10.2.2 For DOS System Users 10-5

10.3 Installing the SDMS Solaris Driver 10-6

10.3.1 New System Installation 10-6

10.3.2 Existing System Installation 10-11

10.4 Troubleshooting 10-12

Chapter 11 Linux Device Driver Installation

11.1 Introduction 11-1

11.1.1 Features 11-2

11.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 11-3

11.1.3 Description 11-4

11.1.4 Upgrading your Linux Driver During Installation 11-4

11.2 Installing Your Linux Driver 11-4

11.3 Troubleshooting 11-9

Chapter 12 NetWare Device Driver Installation

12.1 Introduction 12-1

12.1.1 Features 12-2

12.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported 12-3

12.1.3 Description 12-4

12.1.4 Supporting NWPA ASPI 12-4

12.2 Using NWPA NetWare Drivers 12-4

12.2.1 Preparing an SDMS NWPA Driver Diskette 12-5

12.2.2 Preparing your System for NWPA Drivers 12-5

12.3 Installing Drivers for NetWare 12-6

12.3.1 New NetWare 5.XX Installations 12-6

12.3.2 New NetWare 4.XX Installations 12-7

12.3.3 Upgrading to Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) 12-8

12.3.4 Reconﬁguring Driver Options 12-9

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12.4 Using the Command Line Options 12-9

12.4.1 Information Option 12-10

12.4.2 NetWare NWPA Driver Customizable Options 12-10

12.5 Important Additional Information 12-16

12.5.1 Speciﬁc Driver Options 12-16

12.5.2 DOS Access Dependencies 12-16

12.5.3 Supported DOS Conﬁgurations 12-16

12.5.4 Using the SDMS 4.XX BIOS 12-17

12.5.5 Using the ASPI8XX.SYS Driver 12-17

12.5.6 Supporting DOS Drivers 12-17

12.5.7 Using No SDMS BIOS 12-18

Appendix A Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

Customer Feedback

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Figures

1.1 The LSI Logic SDMS Software 1-2

1.2 SDMS Information Flow 1-3

2.1 Main Menu 2-7

2.2 Adapter Properties Menu 2-9

2.3 Device Properties Menu (Left Half) 2-13

2.4 Device Properties Menu (Right Half) 2-14

2.5 Boot Adapter List Menu 2-18

2.6 Global Properties Menu 2-20

2.7 Exit Menu 2-22

4.1 SCSI I/O Flow in Windows NT 4-3

4.2 NT Conﬁguration Main Menu 4-22

4.3 Adapter Settings Menu 4-24

4.4 Device Selections Menu 4-26

4.5 Domain Validation Menu 4-28

4.6 Test Selections Menu 4-29

6.1 How SDMS DOS Drivers Communicate 6-2

8.1 SDMS Installation Tools 8-2

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Tables

2.1 Keyboard Options 2-4

2.2 Main Menu Fields and Descriptions 2-8

2.3 Adapter Properties Menu Fields and Descriptions 2-10

2.4 Device Properties Menu Fields and Descriptions 2-15

2.5 Boot Adapter List Menu Fields and Descriptions 2-19

2.6 Global Properties Fields and Descriptions 2-21

4.1 Main Menu Bar and Footer 4-23

4.2 Main Menu Fields and Descriptions 4-24

4.3 Adapter Properties Fields and Descriptions 4-25

4.4 Device Selections Fields and Descriptions 4-27

4.5 Adjustments Fields and Descriptions 4-30

4.6 Test Procedures Fields and Descriptions 4-31

6.1 ASPI8XX Command Line Options 6-7

6.2 SYMDISK.SYS Command Line Options 6-14

6.3 SYMCD.SYS Command Line Options 6-21

7.1 OS/2 Command Line Options 7-11

8.1 FDIMAGE Information Selection Options 8-5

9.1 FDIMAGE Information Selection Options 9-4

10.1 FDIMAGE Information Selection Options 10-5

11.1 LSI Logic Family of Chips Supported 11-3

12.1 Customizable Options for NWPA Drivers 12-11

12.2 DOS Drivers and Descriptions 12-18

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Chapter 1 Using the SDMS Software

This chapter describes the LSI Logic Storage Device Management System (SDMS™) software, and includes these topics:

• Section 1.1, “Introduction,” page 1-1

• Section 1.2, “Overview,” page 1-2

• Section 1.3, “SDMS Device Drivers,” page 1-4

• Section 1.4, “Basic Guidelines,” page 1-4

1.1 Introduction

The LSI Logic PCI SDMS is a complete software packagethat solves the increasingly complex problem of managing system I/O. It seamlessly addresses hardware and software interfaces by supporting the LSI Logic family of SCSI processors and controllers, and a wide range of SCSI peripheral devices. At the same time, it offers interoperability across application programs, operating systems, and host platforms.

SDMS 4.0 software provides a standard method to interface SCSI I/O subsystems with devices, operating systems, and application software. It also enhances system capabilities already provided by SCSI controllers and processors by facilitating system-wide SCSI device access.

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1.2 Overview

Figure 1.1 illustrates the format of the LSI Logic SDMS software.

Figure 1.1 The LSI Logic SDMS Software

Operating System

Supports

SDMS Storage Device Driver

SDMS Storage BIOS

Supports

LSI Logic Controller or

Processor

An LSI Logic SCSI controller or processor can control peripherals such as hard disk drives, CD-ROM drives, tape drives, scanners, and removable media. You can connect up to 15 wide (16-bit) SCSI peripheral devices or seven 8-bit SCSI peripheral devices (by using the SCSI bus) to a SCSI host adapter on which the SCSI controller or processor resides.

1-2 Using the SDMS Software

Figure 1.2 illustrates the ﬂow of SDMS information within an operating

system.

Figure 1.2 SDMS Information Flow

Operating System

SDMS Storage Driver

SDMS Storage BIOS

LSI Logic Controller or

Processor

SCSI Bus

SCSI Peripherals

Overview 1-3

1.3 SDMS Device Drivers

The SDMS device drivers translate an operating system I/O request into a SCSI request. Each SDMS SCSI device driver is operating system speciﬁc and is designed to work on standard LSI Logic chip implementations.

Currently, LSI Logic provides PCI to SCSI device drivers for the following operating systems:

• MS-DOS 6.0/Windows 3.1X

• Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me (Millennium Edition)

• Windows NT - 4.0

• Windows 2000

• OS/2 - 4.XX

• SCO OpenServer - Release 5.XX

• UnixWare - 7

• Solaris - 7 and 8

• Linux

• NetWare - 4.XX and 5.XX (NWPA)

This user’s guide provides device driver installation and conﬁguration instructions for each of these operating systems.

1.4 Basic Guidelines

Some basic rules for using SDMS software and installing a SCSI host adapter device follow. The SDMS software requires an IBM PC/AT or compatible computer with an 80486 or higher microprocessor. An understanding of basic operating system commands is assumed. In addition, users of this manual should have a general knowledge of the SCSI standard.

Before using the SDMS software, you should conﬁgure the SCSI controller into your system, taking into account the conﬁguration of other host adapters and system resources.

1-4 Using the SDMS Software

LSI Logic recommends that you back up all data before making any changes or installing any software, including LSI Logic SCSI controllers and software. Failure to adhere to this accepted computer practice may lead to loss of data. You must terminate both ends of the SCSI bus.

Refer to the hardware manuals for the devices and users’ guides for the host adapters to properly terminate the bus. Also you should locate where jumpers or dip switches are for setting SCSI ID numbers. Usually, the host adapter is ID 7. The devices are then set at IDs 0 through 6 (plus 8 through 15 for Wide SCSI). The bootable hard drive must have the lowest numerical SCSI ID, unless you are able to use the BIOS Boot Speciﬁcation (BBS). Refer to Chapter 2 for additional information regarding the BBS.

The red or blue line on a standard SCSI cable (or the black line on one end of a multicolored SCSI cable) designates pin 1 on the cable connector and must connect to pin 1 on the device and host adapter connector. Refer to the hardware manuals for the devices and the controller to locate pin 1 of the connector.

If the system already has an internal bootable hard drive (IDE, ESDI, or ST506), the drivers for the SCSI device(s) must reside on the internal bootable drive.

Basic Guidelines 1-5

1-6 Using the SDMS Software

Chapter 2 SCSI BIOS and Conﬁguration Utility

This chapter describes the SDMS SCSI BIOS and Conﬁguration Utility. It includes these topics:

• Section 2.1, “Introduction,” page 2-1

• Section 2.2, “Boot Initialization with BBS,” page 2-3

• Section 2.3, “Using the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility,” page 2-3

• Section 2.4, “Starting the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility,” page 2-4

• Section 2.5, “Exiting the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility,” page 2-22

2.1 Introduction

The SDMS SCSI BIOS is the bootable ROM code that manages SCSI hardware resources. Itis speciﬁc to a family of LSI Logic SCSI controllers or processors. The SDMS SCSI BIOS integrates with a standard system BIOS, extending the standard disk service routine provided through INT13h.

During the boot time initialization, the SCSI BIOS determines if there are other hard disks, such as an IDE drive, already installed by the system BIOS. If there are, the SCSI BIOS maps any SCSI drives it ﬁnds behind the drive(s) already installed. Otherwise, the SCSI BIOS installs drives starting with the system boot drive. In this case, the system boots from a drive controlled by the SCSI BIOS. For version 4.05.00 and higher, LSI Logic supports the BIOS Boot Speciﬁcation (BBS).

The next section, “Boot Initialization with BBS,” discusses selecting boot and drive order.

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2.1.1 Features

The SDMS SCSI BIOS supports these features:

• Conﬁguration for up to 256 adapters-any 4 can be chosen for INT13h

(boot ROM) support

• All LSI53C8XX devices including LSI53C895A

• LSI53C1000 and LSI53C1010 devices

• SPI-3 Parallel Protocol Request (PPR)

• Domain Validation

2.1.2 LSI Logic Devices Supported

All LSI Logic devices and host adapters have undergone a name change. They have transitioned from a SYM preﬁx to an LSI preﬁx. The SDMS SCSI BIOS supports the following devices and their associated LSI Logic host adapters:

• LSI53C810, LSI53C810A, LSI53C810AE (LSI8100S, LSI8100ASP,

LSI20810)

• LSI53C815 (LSI815XS, LSI8150SP)

• LSI53C825, LSI53C825A (LSI8250S, LSI8251S, LSI8251D,

LSI8250ASP, LSI8251ASP, LSI8251AD)

• LSI53C860, LSI53C860AE (LSI8600SP, LSI20860)

• LSI53C875, LSI53C875E (LSI8750SP, LSI8751SP, LSI8751SPE,

LSI8751D)

• LSI53C876 (LSI22801, LSI22802)

• LSI53C885

• LSI53C895 (LSI8951U, LSI8952U)

• LSI53C895A (LSI8953U)

• LSI53C896 (LSI22910, LSI21002, LSI22902)

• LSI53C1000 (LSI20160, LSI20160L)

• LSI53C1010 (ITI6200U3LP, LSI22915A, LSI21040, LSI22903,

LSI21003)

2-2 SCSI BIOS and Conﬁguration Utility

2.2 Boot Initialization with BBS

The SDMS SCSI BIOS provides support for the BBS, which allows you to choose which device to boot from by selecting the priority.

To use this feature, the system BIOS must also be compatible with the BBS. If your system supports the BBS, then use the system BIOS setup menu to select the boot and drive order. In the system BIOS setup, the Boot Connection Devices menu appears with a list of available boot options. Use that menu to select the device and rearrange the order. Then exit saving changes to continue the boot process.

2.2.1 CD-ROM Boot Initialization

The SCSI BIOS supports boot initialization from a CD-ROM drive. The ﬁve types of emulation are:

• No emulation disk

• Floppy 1.2 Mbyte emulation disk

• Floppy 1.44 Mbyte emulation disk

• Floppy 2.88 Mbyte emulation disk

• Hard disk emulation

The type of emulation determines the drive letter assignment for the CD-ROM. For example, if you load a 1.44 Mbyte ﬂoppy emulation CD-ROM, then the CD-ROM drive would become the designated A: drive, and the existing ﬂoppy would become drive B:.

2.3 Using the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility

This section provides the menu formats and user inputs available to inform all users about this utility prior to running it. All SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility screens that display various menus are partitioned into ﬁxed areas. This area provides static general help text information.

Boot Initialization with BBS 2-3

2.3.1 User Inputs

You make conﬁguration changes in the main area of the menu. As in the example menus, it is lighter in color than the header or footer areas.

Table 2.1 lists the various keyboard options you use to make changes.

Settings with grey or yellow text can be changed, settings with white text cannot. This is true regardless of the Color/Mono setting chosen.

Table 2.1 Keyboard Options

Keyboard Options Description

F1 = Help Provides context sensitive help for the cursor

F2 = menu Sets cursor context to the menu Area. Select a

Arrow Keys = Select Item

+/− = Change [Item] Changes items with values in [ ] brackets. Use the

Esc = Abort/Exit Aborts the current context operation and/or exits the

Home/End = Select Item Moves the cursor to the start/end of a scrollable

Enter = Execute <Item> Executes options with values in < > brackets. Press

resident ﬁeld.

menu item and press Enter. This option is only available from the Main menu.

Move the cursor up, down, left, or right.

‘+’ and ‘−’ keys in the top row of the main keyboard or use the numerickeypad‘+’ and ‘−’ keys to change values. When pressed, theytoggle a modiﬁable ﬁeld to its next relative value. ‘+’ toggles the value up and ‘−’ toggles the value down.

current screen. This option calls an Exit menu, described further in Section 2.5, “Exiting the SCSI

BIOS Conﬁguration Utility,” page 2-22.

ﬁeld.

Enter to execute the ﬁeld’s associated function.

2.4 Starting the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility

If you have SCSI BIOS version 4.XX, and it includes the SDMS SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility, you can change the default conﬁguration of your SCSI host adapters. You may decide to alter these default values if

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there is a conﬂict between device settings or if you need to optimize system performance.

You can see the version number of your SCSI BIOS in a banner displayed on your computer monitor during boot. If the utility is available, the following message also appears on your monitor:

Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility...

This message remains on your screen for about ﬁve seconds, giving you time to start the utility. If you decide to press Ctrl-C, the message changes to:

Please wait invoking LSI Logic Configuration Utility...

After a brief pause, your computer monitor displays the Main menu of the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility.

The following messages may appear during the boot process:

• Adapter removed from boot order, parameters will be updated

accordingly! appears when an adapteris removed from the system or relocated behind a PCI bridge.

• Configuration data invalid, saving default configuration!

appears if none of the information in NonVolatile Random Access Memory (NVRAM) is valid.

• Found SCSI Controller not in following Boot Order List, to

Add: Press Ctrl-C to start LSI Logic Configuration Utility... or Adapter configuration may have changed, reconfiguration is suggested! could appear when fewerthan four

adapters are in the boot order and adapters exist in the system which are not in the boot order.

The SDMS SCSI BIOS does not control all devices detected by this conﬁguration utility. Devices such as tape drives and scanners require that a device driver speciﬁc to that peripheral be loaded.

To make changes with this menu-driven utility, one or more LSI Logic SCSI host adapters must have NVRAM to store the changes. You can change four sets of conﬁgurations. You make changes on subordinate menus called from the Main menu, which is opened when you start the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility. The subordinate menus are:

Starting the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility 2-5

• Adapter Properties

• Device Properties

• Boot Adapter List

• Global Properties

All of these properties are controlled by menus you access through the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility’s Main menu. The Main menu also gives an overview of some properties of installed LSI Logic host adapter boards.

Important: The SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility is a powerful tool.

While using it, if you somehow disable all of your controllers, press Ctrl-A (or Ctrl-E on version 4.04 or later) after memory initialization during reboot. This will allow you to re-enable and reconﬁgure your controllers. Also, if the system locks up due to NonVolatile Storage (NVS), press Ctrl-N to bypass the BIOS in order to reﬂash the card.

2.4.1 Accessing the Conﬁguration Utility Main Menu

After invoking the SCSI BIOS Conﬁguration Utility, the Main menu appears and displays a list of up to 256 PCI to SCSI host adapters in the system and information about each of them. To select an adapter, use only the arrow keys and enter key. The system scans the adapter’s SCSI bus after selecting an adapter.

Only adapters with LSI LogicControl enabled canbe accessed. Adapters without NonVolatile Memory (NVM) display default settings and cannot be changed. Figure 2.1 illustrates this menu.

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