User`s guide

z When you are creating an IM or IME volume, and a disk drive is set to Yes as part of the volume, the

LED on the disk drive is flashing. The LED is turned off when you have finished creating the volume.

z You can locate individual disk drives from the SAS Topology screen. To do this, move the cursor to the

name of the disk in the Device Identifier column and press Enter. The LED on the disk flashes until the

next key is pressed.

z You can locate all the disk drives in a volume by selecting the volume on the RAID Properties screen.

The LEDs flash on all disk drives in the volume.

Note

The LEDs on the disk drives will flash as described above if the firmware is correctly configured and

the drives or the disk enclosure supports disk location.

5.2.3.5.6 Selecting a Boot Disk

You can select a boot disk in the SAS Topology screen. This disk is then moved to scan ID 0 on the next

boot, and remains at this position. This makes it easier to set BIOS boot device options and to keep the

boot device constant during device additions and removals. There can be only one boot disk.

Follow these steps to select a boot disk:

① In the SAS BIOS CU, select an adapter from the Adapter List.

② Select the SAS Topology option.

The current topology is displayed. If the selection of a boot device is supported, the bottom of the

screen lists the Alt+B option. This is the key for toggling the boot device. If a device is currently

configured as the boot device, the Device Info column on the SAS Topology screen will show the word

“Boot.”

③ To select a boot disk, move the cursor to the disk and press Alt+B.

④ To remove the boot designator, move the cursor down to the current boot disk and press Alt+B. This

controller will no longer have a disk designated as boot.

⑤ To change the boot disk, move the cursor to the new boot disk and press Alt+B. The boot designator

will move to this disk.

Note

The firmware must be configured correctly in order for the Alt+B feature to work.