Dell PowerEdge 6400 - Manual (Page 62)

You can start the SCSISelect utility by pressing <Ctrl><a> when the following prompt appears briefly during start-up:
Press <CTRL><A> for SCSISelect (TM) Utility!
The first menu displays the Configure/View Host Adapter Settings and SCSI Disk Utilities options.
Using SCSISelect Menus
SCSISelect uses menus to list options that you can select. To select an option, press the up- and down-arrow keys to move the cursor to the
option; then press <Enter>.
In some cases, selecting an option displays another menu. You can return to the previous menu at any time by pressing <Esc>. To restore the
original SCSISelect defaults, press <F6>.
Using the SCSI Disk Utilities
To access the SCSI disk utilities, select SCSI Disk Utilities from the menu that appears when you start SCSISelect. When the option is selected,
SCSISelect immediately scans the SCSI bus (to determine the devices installed) and displays a list of all SCSI IDs and the device assigned to
each ID.
When you select a specific ID and device, a menu appears, displaying the Format Disk and Verify Disk Media options.
NOTICE: The Format Disk option destroys all partitions and data on the hard-disk drive.
l Format Disk — Runs a utility that allows you to perform a low-level format on a hard-disk drive. Most SCSI disk drives are formatted at the
factory and do not need to be formatted again. The Adaptec Format Disk utility is compatible with most SCSI disk drives.
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Verify Disk Media — Runs a utility that allows you to scan the media of a hard-disk drive for defects. If the utility finds bad blocks on the
media, it prompts you to reassign them; if you select Yes, those blocks are no longer used. You can press <Esc> at any time to exit the utility.
Exiting SCSISelect
To exit SCSISelect, press <Esc> until a message prompts you to exit. (If you changed any 78xx series host adapter settings, you are prompted to
save the changes before you exit.) At the prompt, select Yes to exit, and then press any key to reboot the computer. Any changes that you made in
SCSISelect take effect after the computer boots. (You can select No at the prompt if you are not ready to exit SCSISelect.)
Driver Installation for Microsoft ® Windows NT® Server 4.0
This section provides the following information about installing the Dell SCSI drivers for the Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 operating system:
l Installing and/or updating the SCSI drivers for Windows NT
l Removing a host adapter
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Swapping a host adapter
l Restoring a configuration if Windows NT fails to boot
Installation Overview
This section provides the information that you need to install and use the Dell SCSI drivers for the 78xx series of SCSI controllers with Windows
NT.
The Windows NT 4.0 driver diskette that you create for the Microsoft Windows NT Server operating system contains the files that you need for
driver installation. The scsi subdirectory on the diskette contains the following files to be used with Windows NT:
l adpu160m.sys — Adaptec's 7899 Ultra3 driver for Windows NT
l aic78xx.sys — Adaptec's 78xx series driver for Windows NT
l oemsetup.inf — A file used by Windows NT Setup for driver installation
l readme.txt — A text file describing the Adaptec 78xx driver for Windows NT
If you are installing Windows NT for the first time, see " Installing the SCSI Drivers While Installing Windows NT " to begin driver installation. If
Windows NT is already installed in your system, see " Using Windows NT to Install or Update the Driver ."
Installing the SCSI Drivers While Installing Windows NT
Windows NT Server 4.0 has SCSI drivers for the Adaptec 78xx series of SCSI controllers integrated into the operating system. When you load the
operating system software, the drivers are automatically loaded. However, for proper operation, you must use the drivers on the diskette of drivers
that you created from the Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD. To install these drivers, perform the following steps: