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Setting and Confirming SCSI Parameters Offline
If the A7173A adapter is installed in a supported HP 9000 system, use the scsi command,
accessed from the BCH menus, to set or confirm the SCSI parameters offline.
If the A7173A adapter is installed in a supported HP Integrity® system, a menu driven Extensible
Firmware Interface (EFI) utility is available to set or confirm the SCSI parameters offline. See
“Using the EFI Utility on HP Integrity Systems” (page 32).
Using the BCH Menus on HP 9000 Systems
The Boot Console Handler (BCH) consists of a series of menus from which various system
administration tasks can be performed offline on HP 9000 systems. The BCH command syntax
and output are similar, but not identical, across all HP 9000 systems. The examples used in this
document may not be exactly the same as what you see using the BCH menus on your system.
NOTE: For important details about each of the SCSI parameters that can be set offline using
the BCH menus, see:
• “About SCSI IDs” (page 24)
• “About the Maximum Data Transfer Rate” (page 24)
• “About Bus Width” (page 25)
NOTE: The bus width parameter cannot be set offline on rp24xx and rp54xx systems.
The BCH main menu displays during the boot initialization sequence, after the hardware initializes
on the console, but before the system has booted (provided autoboot is disabled). Example 3-1
shows a typical BCM Main Menu:
Example 3-1 The BCH Main Menu
---- Main Menu ---------------------------------------------------------------
Command Description
------- -----------
BOot [PRI|HAA|ALT|<path>] Boot from specified path
PAth [PRI|HAA|ALT] [<path>] Display or modify a path
SEArch [ALL|<cell>|<path>] Search for boot devices
ScRoll [ON|OFF] Display or change scrolling capability
COnfiguration menu Displays or sets boot values
INformation menu Displays hardware information
SERvice menu Displays service commands
DeBug menu Displays debug commands
MFG menu Displays manufacturing commands
DIsplay Redisplay the current menu
HElp [<menu>|<command>] Display help for menu or command
REBOOT Restart Partition
RECONFIGRESET Reset to allow Reconfig Complex Profile
Confirming the PDC Version
Confirm the PDC version before you configure SCSI parameters. If you do not have the correct
PDC, the BCH menus will not interact with the A7173A adapter properly. To confirm the PDC
version, follow these steps:
1. From the BCH Main Menu, enter in to display the Information Menu.
2. From the Information Menu, enter fv to display the PDC version (system firmware). For
example:
FIRMWARE INFORMATION
PDC ICM PDC Utils
Cell Cab/Slot PDC Ver PDC Date Code Layout Rev XFace Rev
---- -------- ------- ------------- ---------- ---------
3 0/3 17.006 43.46 002 000
28 Configuring the A7173A Adapter