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APPENDIX
F
Serial Attached SCSI BIOS
Configuration Utility
This appendix explains how to use the LSI Logic Fusion-MPT Serial Attached SCSI
(SAS) BIOS Configuration Utility. This appendix contains the following sections:
■ Section F.1, “Fusion-MPT SAS BIOS Overview” on page F-1
■ Section F.2, “Starting the SAS BIOS Configuration Utility” on page F-2
■ Section F.3, “Configuration Utility Screens” on page F-3
■ Section F.4, “Performing RAID Configuration Tasks” on page F-32
Note – The information in this chapter applies to all Sun Fire X4100/X4100 M2 and
X4200/X4200 M2 servers, unless otherwise noted in the text.
F.1 Fusion-MPT SAS BIOS Overview
The Fusion-MPT SAS BIOS features include:
■ Configuration for up to 256 adapters; any four can be chosen for INT13 (bootrom)
support
■ Support for Message Passing Technology (MPT)
■ Support for the LSI53C1064 devices
■ Support for SAS devices
Note – At this time, these servers are shipped with support for the SAS1064
controller only. SATA devices are not supported in these servers at this time.
■ Support for Integrated RAID initialization (with proper firmware)