Scsi Setup; Starting The Scsi Setup - Siemens D992 Technical Manual

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The following hints are only for the connectors at the onboard ultra-wide SCSI
controller.
Connectors and cables
The connector of the ultra-wide SCSI controller is 68pin.
The connector of 8-bit SCSI devices is 50pin; the connector of 16-bit SCSI devices is
68pin.
If you want to connect 8-bit SCSI devices to the ultra-wide SCSI controller you need an
adapter (from 68pin to 50pin).
If you want to operate an 8-bit SCSI device as the last device on a SCSI line you need an
adapter (from 68pin to 50pin) with high-byte termination.
Only use good quality SCSI lines, otherwise you may have transmission
i
problems.

SCSI Setup

The BIOS of the ultra-wide SCSI controller includes a menu-driven
program allows you to change almost all of the option settings of the SCSI controller and
the connected SCSI devices.
When you boot the system a SCSI-BIOS message listing the SCSI devices connected is
displayed.
If an SCSI-BIOS error message appears or problems arise with SCSI devices,
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please refer to the chapter entitled
and
„SCSI BIOS
You may find further information in the documentation of your SCSI device.
If you are unable to trace or rectify the error, please contact your dealer or our
service.

Starting the SCSI Setup

You must enable the ultra-wide SCSI controller in the system BIOS to be able to call the
. Call the
SCSI Setup
menu to
. The field
enabled
Start your PC and press key combination
Ê
appears:
Press <Ctrl> <A> for SCSI Select (TM) Utility!
The first menu of the
is displayed.
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messages".
and set the
BIOS Setup
SCSI IRQ Line
,
onfigure/View Host Adapter Settings
SCSI setup
C
"Eliminating errors on the SCSI
field in the
SCSI Controller
may not be set to
disabled
and
[Ctrl]
[Ctrl]
[A]
[A]
[Ctrl]
[Ctrl]
[A]
[A]
Settings in SCSI Setup
SCSI Setup
Peripheral Configuration
.
, when the following message
and
SCSI Disk Utilities
. This
controller"
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