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4-2 BIOS Features
Ver. 2.0 Copyright © 2002 by LSI Logic Corporation. All rights reserved.
4.2 Intel BIOS
This section provides the features, description, and installation of the
Intel Fibre Channel BIOS.
4.2.1 Intel BIOS Features
The LSI Logic FC Intel BIOS supports:
• Selection and Configuration for up to 256 adapters
• Boot device selection from any four host adapters
• Automatic INT13 drive mapping for Fibre Channel drives
4.2.2 BIOS Overview
During the boot time initialization, the Intel BIOS determines if there are
other hard disks, such as an IDE drive, already installed by the system
BIOS. If there are, the Intel BIOS maps any Intel drives it finds after the
drive(s) already installed. Otherwise, the Intel BIOS installs drives
starting with the system boot drive. In this case, the system boots from
a drive controlled by the Intel BIOS.
4.2.3 Intel BIOS Boot Specification (BBS)
The Intel BIOS provides support for the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS),
which allows you to choose which device to boot from by selecting the
priority.
To use this feature, the system BIOS must also be compatible with the
BBS. If your system supports the BBS, then you will use the system
BIOS setup menu to select the boot and drive order. In the system BIOS
setup, the Boot Connection Devices menu appears with a list of available
boot options. Use that menu to select the device and rearrange the order.
Then exit to continue the boot process.