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vii FCC Class B Radio Frequency Interference Statement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class Bdigital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed toprovide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residentialinstal...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide viii Table of Contents Chapter 1 System Housing 1.1 Stand-alone System ........................................................................................1-11.2 Features ................................................................................................

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide x Chapter 3 BIOS Utility 3.1 Entering Setup.................................................................................................3-1 3.2 System Information ........................................................................................3-3 3.2.1 Pro...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide xii 3.12 Abort Settings Change .................................................................................3-493.13 Leaving Setup................................................................................................3-49 Chapter 4 SCSISelect Configuratio...

xiii List of Figures 2-1 System Board Layout .....................................................................................2-42-2 System Board Jumper and Connector Locations........................................2-52-3 Front Panel Connectors......................................................

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide xiv List of Tables 2-1 System Board Jumper Settings......................................................................2-62-2 Connector Functions ......................................................................................2-72-3 Memory Configurations ........

xv About This Manual This user’s guide aims to give you the information you need to operate the systemproperly and tells you how to install internal components. Manual Structure This user’s guide consists of four chapters and an index. Chapter 1 System Housing This chapter describes the features of ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide xvi Conventions The following conventions are used in this manual: , , Represents the actual keys that youhave to press on the keyboard. NOTEGives bits and pieces of additionalinformation related to the currenttopic. WARNINGAlerts you to any danger that mightresult fr...

Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-1 Chapter 1 System Housing This chapter describes the features of the system housing and tells you how toinstall the basic system components such as disk drives, a system board, orexpansion boards. If you receive a complete system, the basiccomponents are already install...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 1-2 1.2 Features 1.2.1 Front Panel Keylock Panel Door

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 1-4 1.3 Internal Structure Hot-swap Redundant Power Supply Backplane Board Hot-Swap Cage (SCSI) 5.25-inch Drive Bays Expansion Card Slots Internal Housing Fan 3.5-inch Drive Bay Hard Disk Drive LED Power Switch RDM LED System Status LED Removable Hard Disk Drive Trays...

Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-5 1.4 Opening the Housing Panels 1.4.1 Front Panel To open the front panel, use the key to unlock and then pull the panel as shown inthe illustration above. Key lock

Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-7 1.5 Installing Drives Turn off the power switch and unplug thepower cord before installing or removingdrives. See section 2.6 for important ESDprecautions and pre- and post-installationinstructions. 1.5.1 3.5-inch Drive To install 3.5-inch drives: 1. Open the front pan...

Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-11 1.6 Installing Hot-Swap Cages You can install either one BPL3 hot-swap cage or one BPL5 hot-swap cage into thesystem housing. The system housing comes with one BPL5 hot-swap cage. BPL3 and BPL5 Hot-Swap Cage Comparison Table BPL3 BPL5 Dimension occupied Two 5.25” bays...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 1-12 Installing a BPL3 Hot-Swap Cage To install the hot-swap cage into the housing: 1. Open the front panel and remove the left panel of the housing. See section 1.4for more information on opening the housing panels. 2. Attach the drive guides on the sides of the hot-...

Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-15 Installing and Removing a BPL3 Hard Disk Drive Tray To remove and install a BPL3 Hard Disk Drive Tray: 1. Use your finger to release the drive tray and then pull it out. 2. Place a hard disk on the tray. Secure it with four screws as shown below.

Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-17 Installing a BPL5 Hot-Swap Cage To install the hot-swap cage into the housing: 1. Open the front panel and remove the left panel of the housing. See section 1.4for more information on opening the housing panels. 2. Insert the hot-swap cage into the housing and secure ...

Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-19 Installing and Removing a BPL5 Hard Disk Drive Tray To remove and install a BPL5 Hard Disk Drive Tray: 1. Use your finger to release the drive tray and then pull it out.

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 1-24 1.9 Installing an Expansion Board To install an expansion board: 1. Remove an expansion slot bracket cover. Save the screw to secure theexpansion board. 2. Align an expansion board with the open slot and insert the golden fingers intothe expansion bus connector. ...

Chapter 1 – System Housing 1-25 1.10 SCSI Backplane Board You can install either one BPL3 hot-swap cage or one BPL5 hot-swap cage into thesystem housing. The system housing comes with one BPL5 hot-swap cage. See section 1.6 for information about installing BPL3 and BPL5 hot-swap cages anddrive trays...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 1-26 Jumpers and Connectors     BPL3 Backplane Board Jumper Setting Function JP1 1-22-3 I 2 C Buffer ID 21h23h JP4 ShortOpen Terminator Power Source Both from Backplane and HostOnly from Host

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-1 Chapter 2 System Board 2.1 Features The Altos 1100E system board is a dual-processor system board built on an ATXbaseboard using up to two Intel Pentium  III processors. It is integrated with the Intel 440BX system controller, which consists of the PCI/AGP controller an...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-3 2.2 Major Components The system board has the following major components: • Supports dual Intel Pentium  III processors • Four DIMM sockets that accept 128 and 256 MB DIMMs with a maximum of1024 MB system memory • Two ISA, four PCI, and one AGP bus slots (one PCI and IS...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 2-4 2.3 System Board Layout Figure 2-1 shows the system board components. Figure 2-1 System Board Layout 1 Mouse port 2 Keyboard port 3 USB ports 4 Serial port 2 5 Parallel port 6 Serial port 1 7 RJ-45 8 CPU slots 9 Intel 82558B chipset 10 PCI slots11 ISA slots12 AGP ...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-5 2.4 Jumpers and Connectors This section describes the jumper and connector locations and settings. 2.4.1 Jumper and Connector Locations Figure 2-2 shows the jumper and connector locations on the system board. Figure 2-2 System Board Jumper and Connector Locations Jumpers...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 2-6 2.4.2 Jumper Settings Table 2-1 lists the system board jumpers with their corresponding settings andfunctions. Table 2-1 System Board Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Function JP4 1-2/4-52-3/5-6* Reserved Reserved JP5 1-2* 2-3 Reserved Reserved BIOS Logo Select JP6 ...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-9 2.5 Front Panel Connectors The following figure shows the pin orientation of the front-panel connectors. Figure 2-3 Front Panel Connectors

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 2-10 2.6 Installing Components Before you install any system component, please read the following sections.These sections contain important ESD precautions, pre- and post-installationinstructions. Turn off the system power and unplug thepower cord and all peripherals ...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-11 2.6.1 ESD Precautions Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansionboards, and other components. Always observe the following precautions beforeyou install a system component. 1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging u...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 2-12 2.6.3 Post-installation Instructions Observe the following procedures after installing a system component: 1. Check that the components are installed according to the instructions in their respective sections. 2. Make sure you have set all the required jumpers. S...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-13 2.7 Installing and Removing a Heatsink Your system comes with a fully assembled Pentium III processor connected to aheatsink. In the event that you need to install a new processor, you may need toinstall a heatsink as well. To install a heatsink onto a Pentium III proce...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-15 2.8 Installing a Pentium III Processor Follow these steps to install a Pentium III processor into the socket on the CPUboard. The system settings are configured at thefactory for the correct CPU frequency/Memory DIMM combination. If you upgradethe CPU frequency to 300, ...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-17 2.9 Removing a Pentium III Processor Follow these steps to remove the Pentium III processor module from the slot. 1. Remove the fan and temperature connectors (see Figure 2-2 and Table 2-2): CPU1 fan connector – CN20 CPU1 temperature connector – CN16 CPU2 fan connector ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 2-18 2.10 Installing the Termination Board When you use only one CPU, you must have a termination board installed in theempty slot. Follow these steps to install the termination board: 1. Position the termination board over the empty slot. 2. Carefully insert the gold...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-19 2.11 Memory Upgrade The four 168-pin sockets onboard support Registered PC100 ECC SDRAM-typeDIMMs. You may install 128 or 256-MB DIMMs for a maximum of 1024 MBsystem memory. Each of the sockets represents one independent bank. This allows you to installDIMMs with differ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 2-22 2.12 Installing Expansion Cards 2.12.1 Installing 32 Bit PCI Cards To install 32 bit PCI cards: 1. Locate the PCI slots on the system board. 2. Remove the bracket on the housing opposite an empty PCI slot. 3. Insert a PCI card into the slot. Make sure that the ca...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 2-24 2.13 ASM Pro ASM Pro is a server management tool based on industry standards. It is designedto help server supervisors and management information system (MIS) personnel todetect errors or potential trouble spots in their network servers through a singlemanagement...

Chapter 2 – System Board 2-25 2.14 Remote Diagnostic Management Remote Diagnostic Manager (RDM) is a server management tool that uses modemsand telephone lines to control a host of servers from a remote station. In the eventof failure, RDM monitors and analyzes the server condition, updates the BIOS...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 2-26 Refer to the RDM User’s Guide for detailed instructions on RDM installation. 2.15 Error Messages Do not continue using the computer if you receive an error message of any type.Note the message and take corrective action. This section explains the differenttypes o...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-1 Chapter 3 BIOS Utility Most systems are already configured by the manufacturer or the dealer. There isno need to run Setup when starting the computer unless you get a Run Setupmessage. The Setup program loads configuration values into the battery-backed nonvolatilememory...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-4 The following screen shows page 2 of the System Information menu. System Information Page 2/2 Serial Port 1 ...................... 3F8h, IRQ 4Serial Port 2 ...................... 2F8h, IRQ 3Parallel Port ..................... 378h, IRQ 7Pointing Device ..............

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-6 3.2.8 IDE Primary Channel Master This parameter specifies the current configuration of the IDE device connected tothe master port of the primary IDE channel. For information on how to configureIDE devices, see section 3.4.2. 3.2.9 IDE Primary Channel Slave This pa...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-8 3.3 Product Information The Product Information contains general data about the system. It includes theproduct name, serial number, BIOS version, etc. This information is necessary fortroubleshooting and may be required when asking for technical support. The follo...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-9 3.3.3 Main Board ID This parameter specifies the system board’s identification number. 3.3.4 Main Board S/N This parameter specifies the system board’s serial number. 3.3.5 System BIOS Version This parameter specifies the version of the BIOS utility. 3.3.6 System BIOS ID...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-12 3.4.1 Floppy Drives To configure the first floppy drive (drive A), highlight the Floppy Drive Aparameter. Press or key to view the options, then select the appropriate value. Possible settings for the Floppy Drive parameters: • [ None ] • [360 KB, 5.25-inch] • [1...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-14 To configure an IDE device designated as slave: 1. Select the IDE Primary Channel Slave (or the IDE Secondary Channel Slave)option to display its menu. 2. Highlight the parameter Type, then press or to display the IDE drive types with their respective values for ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-16 3.5 Power Management The Power Management menu lets you configure the system power managementfeatures. The following screen shows the Power Management parameters with their defaultsettings: Power Management Page 1/1 Power Management Mode .................. [Disab...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-17 System Sleep Timer This parameter sets the system to the lowest power-saving mode. It automaticallyenters into the sleep or the suspend mode after a specified period of inactivity.Any keyboard or mouse action, or any modem activity detected (if the ModemRing option is e...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-18 3.6 Startup Configuration The Startup Configuration allows you to specify your preferred setting for bootup. The following screen appears if you select the Startup Configuration option fromthe main menu: Startup Configuration Page 1/1 Fast POST Mode ................

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-20 3.6.6 System Boot Drive This parameter allows you to specify the system search sequence. The selectionsare: • Drive A then C: The system checks drive A first. If there is a diskette in thedrive, the system boots from drive A. Otherwise, it boots from drive C:. • ...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-21 3.7 Advanced Configuration The Advanced Configuration option allows you to configure advanced systemfunctions. To avoid damaging the system, do notchange any settings in the AdvancedConfiguration unless you are a qualifiedtechnician. The following screen shows the Advan...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-23 The following screen shows page 2 of the Onboard Devices Configuration menu: Onboard Devices Configuration Page 2/2 Onboard Floppy Disk Controller ...... [Enabled]Onboard IDE Primary Channel ......... [Enabled]Onboard IDE Secondary Channel ....... [Disabled] Onboard PS/...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-24 Base Address This function lets you set a logical base address for serial port 1. The options are: • 3F8h • 2F8h • 3E8h • 2E8h The default setting is 3F8h. IRQ This function lets you assign an interrupt for serial port 1. The options are IRQ 3and 4. The default s...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-25 IRQ This function lets you assign an interrupt for serial port 2. The options are IRQ 3 and 4 . The default setting is 3. If you assign 3F8h to serial port 1, you mayonly assign 2F8h or 2E8h to serial port 2. If you assign 2F8h to serial port 1, you mayonly assign 3F8h ...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-27 Operation Mode This item allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. Table 3-1 liststhe different operation modes. The default setting is Bi-directional. Table 3-1 Parallel Port Operation Mode Settings Setting Function Standard Parallel Port (SPP) Allows ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-28 Onboard IDE Secondary Channel This parameter lets you enable or disable the secondary IDE channel. Whenenabled, it allows you access the devices connected to the secondary channel.When disabled, it deactivates the connected devices. The default setting isDisabled...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-29 3.7.2 PnP/PCI System Configuration The PnP/PCI System Configuration allows you to specify the settings for your PCIdevices. Selecting this option displays the following screens: PnP/PCI System Configuration Page 1/2 PCI IRQ Setting ........... [ Auto ] INTA INTB INTC IN...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-30 PCI IRQ Setting This parameter allows for Auto or Manual configuration of PCI devices. If youuse plug-and-play (PnP) devices, set this parameter to Auto. The system thenautomatically assigns IRQs to PnP devices. If your PCI device is not a PnP, youcan manually as...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-32 VGA Palette Snoop This parameter permits you to use the palette snooping feature if you installedmore than one VGA card in the system. The default setting is Disabled. The VGA palette snoop function allows the control palette register (CPR) tomanage and update th...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-33 3.7.3 Memory/Cache Configuration The Memory/Cache Configuration allows you to specify the appropriate settingsfor your system memory. Selecting the option displays the following screen: Memory/Cache Configuration Page 1/1 Internal Cache (CPU Cache) .......... [Enabled ]...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-34 System BIOS Cacheable Set this parameter to Enabled if you want the system BIOS to run directly from thecache memory, thus allowing your system to function faster. Set this to Disabledto run the system BIOS from RAM. The default setting is Enabled. Video BIOS Cac...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-35 3.7.4 CPU Speed Configuration The CPU Speed Configuration allows you to specify the appropriate settings foryour system memory. Selecting the option displays the following screen: CPU Speed Configuration Page 1/1 Bus Frequency ....................... 100 MHz Multiple .....

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-36 3.7.5 System Event Configuration The system event configuration enables you to record and monitor events thatoccurs in your system like system temperature, fan stops, and others. This featureallows you to specify the appropriate settings for your system’s event h...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-37 View Event Logs Opens the system event log file for viewing. Event Control This parameter monitors the following events and logs them into the event log fileif there is a change in status. Temp/Vol/Fan Enable or disable the monitoring of the system’s temperature, volume...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-38 System Event Configuration Page 2/2 Critical Event ProcessStop POST after CPU or Memory Reducton [Disabled] Halt System if no CPU or Memory Available [Disabled] Threshold Settings CPU Warning Degree .............. [ xx] ° C CPU Fatal Degree ................ [ xx]...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-39 3.8 System Security Setup The Setup program has a number of security features to prevent unauthorizedaccess to the system and its data. The following screen appears when you select System Security from the mainmenu: System Security Page 1/1 Disk Drive Control Floppy Dri...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-40 3.8.1 Disk Drive Control The disk drive control features allow you to control the floppy drive or the harddisk drive boot function to prevent loading operating systems or other programsfrom a certain drive while the other drives are operational. Table 3-2 lists t...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-41 3.8.2 Setup Password The Setup Password prevents unauthorized access to the BIOS utility. Setting a Password 1. Make sure that JP7 is set to 2-3 (bypass password). You cannot enter the BIOS utility if a Setuppassword does not exist and JP7 is set to 1-2(password check e...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-42 6. Retype the password then press . After setting the password, the system automatically sets the Setup Passwordparameter to Present. 7. Press to exit the System Security screen and return to the main menu. 8. Press to exit the BIOS utility. A dialog box appears ...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-43 Bypassing the Setup Password If you forget your setup password, you can bypass the password security featureby hardware. Follow these steps to bypass the password: 1. Turn off and unplug the system. 2. Open the system housing and set JP7 to 2-3 to bypass the password fu...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-44 3.9 Date and Time The real-time clock keeps the system date and time. After setting the date andtime, you do not need to enter them every time you turn on the system. As long asthe internal battery remains good (approximately seven years) and connected, the clock...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-45 3.9.2 Time Highlight the items on the Time parameter and press or to set the time following the hour-minute-second format. Valid values for hour, minute, and second are: • Hour 00 to 23 • Minute 00 to 59 • Second 00 to 59

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-46 3.10 Remote Diagnostic Configuration Please refer to the Remote Diagnostic Manager (RDM) User's Guide for moreinformation on remote diagnostic configuration. The following is the first of two Remote Diagnostic Configuration screens in theBIOS utility. It shows th...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 3-48 3.11 Load Setup Default Settings Use this option to load the default settings for the optimized system configuration.When you load the default settings, some of the parameters are grayed-out withtheir fixed settings. These grayed parameters are not user-configura...

Chapter 3 - BIOS Utility 3-49 3.12 Abort Settings Change Use this option to disregard your changes to the BIOS and reload your previoussettings. The following dialog box appears when you select Abort Settings Change from themain menu. Do you want to abort settings change? [Yes] [No] Select Yes to di...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-1 Chapter 4 SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4.1 SCSISelect Configuration Utility Overview The SCSISelect configuration utility allows you to change SCSI controller settingswithout opening the computer or changing jumpers. 4.1.1 Default Values The follo...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-3 4.1.2 When to Use the SCSISelect Utility Use the SCSISelect utility if you need to • Change any of the default values listed in the settings table • Check and/or change SCSI device settings that may conflict with those ofother devices (e.g., SCSI ID) ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-4 4.2 SCSISelect Utility Options When the SCSISelect utility detects the AHA-3950U2B SCSI controller in yourcomputer, it displays the Options menu shown below. Arrow keys to move cursor, <Enter> to select option, <Esc> to exit ( =default) Adaptec AHA-395...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-5 4.2.1 Configure/View Host Adapter Settings Menu The Configure/View Host Adapter Settings menu lists three settings under SCSIBus Interface Definitions and three additional options, as shown below: • Host Adapter SCSI ID: changes the host controller SC...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-6 Arrow keys to move cursor, <Enter> to select option, <Esc> to exit ( =default) Adaptec AHA-3950U2B SCSISelect (TM) Utility AHA-3950U2B at Bus:Device 00:00h Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID .................................

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-7 Arrow keys to move cursor, <Enter> to select option, <Esc> to exit ( =default) Adaptec AHA-3950U2B SCSISelect (TM) Utility AHA-3950U2B at Bus:Device 01:06h Configuration SCSI Bus Interface Definitions Host Adapter SCSI ID ....................

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-8 SCSI Parity Checking Select this option to enable or disable SCSI Parity Checking on the SCSI controller.The figure below displays your choices. The default setting is Enabled. Arrow keys to move cursor, <Enter> to select option, <Esc> to exit ( =defau...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-9 Host Adapter SCSI Termination This option allows you to configure host controller SCSI termination. Thefollowing figure shows the choices available if you have an AHA-3950U2B. Arrow keys to move cursor, <Enter> to select option, <Esc> to e...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-10 Boot Device Options This option shows the target ID of the device you are booting from. The defaultsetting is 0 (zero). We recommend that you not change this setting. Someoperating systems will not run unless the boot device is set at zero. The figure below shows...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-11 SCSI Device Configuration This option allows you to configure certain parameters of each SCSI device on theSCSI bus. A screen similar to the figure below appears. The screen shows acolumn of information for each SCSI ID, even if some SCSI IDs are not...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-12 Initiate Sync Negotiation This option determines whether the SCSI controller initiates synchronousnegotiation with the SCSI device. When set to yes, the SCSI controller initiates synchronous negotiation with theSCSI device. When set to no, the SCSI controller doe...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-13 Maximum Sync Transfer Rate This option determines the maximum synchronous data transfer rate that the SCSIcontroller can support. The SCSI controller supports rates up to the UltraWideSCSI maximum of 80.0 MBytes/sec. The default value is 80.0. In mos...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-14 Enable Disconnection This option determines whether the SCSI controller allows a SCSI device todisconnect from the SCSI bus (sometimes called Disconnect/Reconnect).Disconnect/Reconnect allows the SCSI controller to perform other operations onthe SCSI bus while th...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-15 Send Start Unit Command This option, which is supported by some SCSI devices, determines whether theStart Unit Command (SCSI command 1B) is sent to the SCSI device (most devicesdo not require this). Enabling this option reduces the load on your compu...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-16 Advanced Configuration Options When you select Advanced Configuration Options, a screen similar to the figurebelow appears. Do not change these options unless absolutely necessary. Arrow keys to move cursor, <Enter> to select option, <Esc> to exit ( =...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-17 Host Adapter BIOS This option enables or disables the SCSI controller BIOS. Default is Enabled. The SCSI controller BIOS must be enabled if you want the computer to boot from aSCSI hard disk drive connected to the SCSI controller. Several SCSISelect ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-18 Extended BIOS Translation for DOS Drives > 1 GByte This option allows you to enable or disable extended translation for SCSI harddisks with a capacity greater than 1 GByte. It is only valid if the SCSI controllerBIOS is enabled. The default setting is Enabled....

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-19 4.2.2 SCSI Disk Utilities When you select SCSI Disk Utilities from the Options menu the SCSISelect utilityscans the SCSI bus and lists all SCSI devices installed on the SCSI bus. You will seea screen similar to the figure below. You can easily determ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-20 Use SCSI Disk Utilities to check the hard diskdrive firmware revision. (Select SCSI DiskUtilities from the Configure/View HostAdapter Settings screen. Use the arrow keysto highlight a disk device, then press Enter todisplay the firmware revision.) Format Disk The...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-21 4.3 Configuring Multiple SCSI Controllers The AHA-3950U2B SCSI controller is usedas an example in the following discussion. To use multiple PCI SCSI controllers, do the following: • Install the boot SCSI controller in the lowest PCI Device number. Th...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-22 4.4 SCSI Troubleshooting Checklist The AHA-3950UB SCSI controller has been tested for compatibility with a widerange of SCSI devices. Most problems that occur during installation result fromerrors in preparing and connecting devices on the SCSI bus. Answer these ...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-23 4.5 BIOS Startup Messages After you have configured your SCSI controller, the SCSI controller BIOS displaysa message when you boot your computer. Normally, this message lists the SCSI ID,manufacturer, model number and other information for each SCSI ...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-24 3. Perform a SCSI low-level format with the Format Disk utility under SCSI DiskUtilities in the SCSISelect utility. All data on the target drive will be lost whenyou run the Format Disk utility. Back up yourdata before you run it! 4. In the SCSISelect Advanced Co...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-25 4.5.2 Start unit request failed The BIOS was unable to send a Start Unit Command to the device. Run theSCSISelect utility and disable Send Start Unit Command for the device. Time-out failure during SCSI Inquiry command! or Time-out failure during SCS...

Altos 1100E Series User’s Guide 4-26 Booting the Computer from a SCSI Drive • Be sure that the SCSI boot drive is set to SCSI ID 0 and that there are no SCSIID conflicts. Check the drive installation manual for information about settingthe SCSI ID for that device. You can use the SCSISelect utility ...

Chapter 4 – SCSISelect Configuration Utility 4-27 • Be sure that SCSI parity checking is consistently enabled or disabled on alldevices on the SCSI bus. • Verify that the SCSI controller and the SCSI devices are properly configuredand installed. • Be sure to cycle the power OFF and ON after changing...