Re: Mylex DAC960 SCSI RAID controller PCI card

[Jeffrey Alsip]

On Jun 8, 7:22 am, Barry OGrady <god_free_jo...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Sorry to post this in a Compaq newsgroup but I can't find any IBM server
> or Mylex specific groups.
>
> I have a Mylex DAC960 SCSI RAID controller PCI card installed in
> an IBM xSeries 330. I have an external 4mm DAT drive connected
> and it seems to be working as it should.
> Documentation says I should get the following prompts before Windows
> starts to load;
> Press alt-M to configure, and press alt-R to configure RAID.
> I get the alt-M prompt and pressing alt-M gives only 3 options.
> I don't get the alt-R prompt so I can't configure RAID.
> It does tell me that it can't find a device connected to 2 of the ports.
> I assume that is because it is configured that way but I can't get
> into RAID setup to check.
> Why don't I get the alt-R prompt?
>
> Barry
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I have never seen the "alt-M" thing. The 330's I have played with use
F1 to get to a setup menu. It is then necessary to configure the raid
card by enabling the slot that it is in and verifying that the system
identifies it. You have to save this configuration and restart before
you can actually setup the drives in a raid array. By default, every
PCI slot is enabled, but someone before you might have disabled the
slot that your card is occupying.