Questions in the Configuration Utility
5-5
5.2 Questions in the Configuration Utility
Table 5.2
through
Table 5.4
and
Table 5.6
through
Table 5.10
discuss the
types of questions that may occur when running the configuration utility.
You may see slightly different questions, or you may not see all of these,
depending on the type of system environment you specify in the general
questions section. Italicized text provides additional information regarding
the various questions asked and does not appear in the configuration
utility program.
Table 5.2
General Questions
Question
Explanation/Required Input
Welcome to the 53C040 SafTe configuration program!
First, some general questions:
The
config.exe
program opens with the following two questions.
Do you want to support microcode updates over
the SCSI bus
Enter
y
or
n
.
Do you want to support parity changes on the
SCSI bus
Enter
y
or
n
.
The following information is used to uniquely identify a specific enclosure. This information is reflected
in the response data from an INQUIRY command.
Enter text for Vendor ID to be returned in the SCSI
INQUIRY command (8 characters).
Enter an 8-character ASCII string to identify the
product vendor.
Enter text for Product ID to be returned in the
SCSI INQUIRY command (16 characters).
Enter a 16-character ASCII string to specify the
product ID.
Enter text for Enclosure ID to be returned in the
SCSI INQUIRY command (7 characters).
Enter a 7-character ASCII string to specify a
specific enclosure.
Enter text for Channel ID to be returned in the
SCSI INQUIRY command (1 character).
Enter a 1-character ASCII character to specify the
Channel ID.
The LSI53C040 has three LVD SCSI High ID pins (SHID[2:0]
±
). These pins may be connected to any
of the SCSI data signals from data bit 8 through 15. This enables the LSI53C040 SCSI core to respond
to selection as a device with an ID greater than 7. The following questions assign specific SCSI data
signals to each of the SHID pins.
Which bit of the high byte of the SCSI data bus
will the LSI53C040 see as bit SCSI High ID 2
Enter a number between
and
15
.