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This soft copy for use by IBM employees only.
Images of these diskettes plus an online (HTML) version of the ServeRAID
Installation and User′s Guide are available from IBM′s PC Server Web site.
Refer to Appendix A, “Sources of Drivers and Information” on page 147 for
details.
2.5.2.2 IBM PC Server Support
To support the ServeRAID firmware, you should update the BIOS level of your
IBM PC Servers to the latest level. Refer to Appendix A, “Sources of Drivers
and Information” on page 147 for information on where to get the latest BIOS
code. As a minimum, the BIOS must be at the following BIOS levels:
PC Server 704 Considerations:
The 704′s internal drive bays are managed directly over the SCSI bus (rather
than through a separate DASD status cable) via an intelligent SCSI processor
device embedded in each internal hot-swap backplane.
All devices on a single SCSI channel must be assigned a unique ID. Since the
704′s internal backplanes are themselves SCSI devices, one of the SCSI IDs on
each of the ServeRAID adapter′s internal channels will be assigned to each
backplane. The PC Server 704 assigns each internal hot-swap backplane to
SCSI ID 6 (which corresponds to bay 7).
To view the ServeRAID′s current SCSI device ID assignments, please use one of
the ServeRAID utilities (such as the Configuration Diskette, the Monitor utility, or
the BIOS-based Mini-Config Utility). The bay/ID assigned to the backplane will
appear as a SBY (standby) or PRC (processor) device.
Table 2. BIOS Levels Required for ServeRAID Adapter
Server BIOS Level Required
PC Server 310 Not Supported
PC Server 320 PCI/MCA 19A
PC Server 320 PCI/EISA M54PE-15T3
PC Server 325 All
PC Server 330 All
PC Server 520 PCI/MCA 19A
PC Server 520 PCI/EISA M54PE-15T3
PC Server 720 07
PC Server 704 7
2.5.2.3 ServeRAID Configuration Utility
The configuration utility allows you to do maintenance on your ServeRAID
configuration. Boot from the diskette to run the utility. The main menu will
appear (Figure 42 on page 52):
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