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Exit Menu screen
The SAS BIOS configuration utility must be exited properly because some changes take effect only during
the exit process.
To access the Exit Menu screen, press Esc from any screen in the utility.
If an option is not relevant or not available, it is deactivated.
Performing configuration tasks
Locating a disk drive
There are two ways to physically locate a disk drive:
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On the Create New Array screen, the drive locator LED is on when a drive is selected to be part of a
RAID volume. When the RAID volume is created, or the drive is deselected from the volume, the
locator LED is off.
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On the SAS Topology screen, move the cursor to the drive, and then press Enter. The locator LED on
the drive remains lit until another key is pressed.
Selecting a boot disk
To select a boot disk:
On the Adapter List screen, select an adapter.
1.
On the Adapter Properties screen, select SAS Topology. The SAS Topology screen is displayed. If
2.
selection of a boot device is supported, the Alt+B option is listed at the bottom of the screen. If a
device is currently configured as the boot device, the Device Info column displays the word Boot.
To remove the boot disk designator, move the cursor to the current boot disk and press Alt+B.
o
The adapter no longer has a designated boot device.
To select a boot disk, move the cursor to the disk, and press Alt+B. The selected disk moves to
o
scan ID 0 on the next boot and remains at this position. There can be only one boot disk.
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