Chapter 4. 3ware BIOS Manager (3BM) Introduction
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Adjusting BIOS Option Settings
3BM includes a few settings that let you customize the behavior of the BIOS
for the selected controller. You can access these settings by selecting
Settings
>> BIOS Settings
from the 3BM BIOS Manager screen.
Figure 22. 3BM BIOS Option Settings
Power-On Self Test (POST) Display Options
Display Control. Specifies what level of detail to display on the start-up
screen.
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Full displays all available information about the items attached to the
controller, including available drives, hot spares, and configured units.
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Unit Only displays only configured units.
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Summary displays a one-sentence description of the items attached to the
controller.
Array View. Specifies what level of information to show about configured
units on the start-up screen.
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Expanded lists each unit and shows the specific drives that make up the
unit.
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Collapsed lists only the configured units.
Pause Time. Sets the number of seconds that BIOS loading will pause to
displaying the RAID configuration before continuing to boot the operating
Exit the utility and save all changes. F8
Table 6: Working in 3BM (continued)
To do this Use these keys