
           KGPSA-CB (176479-B21) BIOS Release Notes


                   Rersion: 1.60a5

7/11/2002        


All DS-KGPSA-CB (176479-B21) HBA's have the BIOS firmware installed as a factory default, however the
BIOS functionality is not enabled. The current BIOS provides x86 boot capability through
the use of INT13 system BIOS calls. 

The BIOS supports:

(1)  Multi-topology: Fabric Point to Point; FC-AL: Private loop and Public loop 
(2)  Multi-initiators: Upto 8 adapters in a system
(3)  Multi-LUNs: Upto 256 LUNs 
(4)  Multi-boot: it complies with the BIOS Boot Specification (BBS).
(5)  EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive Services): it supports both EDD 3.0 and EDD 2.1 
     depending selection in BIOS Utility. 
(6)  Boot fail over feature: it is always there since BIOS version 1.20. There 
     are eight boot entries that can be configured. If the first boot entry failed 
     for whatever reason, it is still able to boot from the second configured boot 
     entry and so on.

The Compaq web site contains information about booting from a SAN, including:

	1) Enable the Boot BIOS on your HBA(s).
	2) How to attach your components (HBA's, Hub/Switch, Storage)
	   in a supported configure.
	3) Proceedure for creating your boot environment.

 Look for it in the storage support web pages: http://www.compaq.com/support/storage
