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IBM SSA 32H3816 User Manual

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-------------------------------------------------------------------------­ IBM SSA RAID Adapter
for PC Servers
Installation and User's Guide
Document Number S32H-3816-00
Part Number 32H3816
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Notices
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Edition Notice
EDITION Edition Notice
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS Table of Contents COVER Book Cover NOTICES Notices EDITION Edition Notice CONTENTS Table of Contents FRONT_1 Safety Information PREFACE About This Book PREFACE.1 How This Book Is Organized. PREFACE.2 Related Publications
1.0 Chapter 1. Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter
1.1 SSA
1.2 The Adapter Card
1.3 RAID
1.4 Operating Systems
1.5 Before Installing the Adapter
1.6 Installation Requirements
2.0 Chapter 2. Installing an SSA RAID Adapter
2.1 Installing the Adapter Card
2.2 Connecting the Disk Drives
2.3 Configuring the Disk Drives
2.4 Installing an Operating System
2.5 Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs
2.6 Selecting Your Boot Device
3.0 Chapter 3. Configuring SSA Subsystems
3.1 Running the Configuration Utility
3.2 Accepting New Disk Drives
3.3 Creating an Array
3.4 Attaching Resources
4.0 Chapter 4. Dealing with Disk-Array Problems
4.1 Basic Problems
4.2 Array Problems
4.3 Changing Failed Disk Drives
5.0 Chapter 5. Performing Other Disk-Array Tasks
5.1 Defining a Hot Spare
5.2 Viewing the Physical Configuration
5.3 Viewing Resources and Their Attributes
5.4 Changing Array Attributes
5.5 Exchanging a Member of an Array
5.6 Deleting an Array
6.0 Chapter 6. Getting the Latest Information A.0 Appendix A. Multiple-Adapter Installations B.0 Appendix B. SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers B.1 SSA Loop Configurations that Are Not Valid C.0 Appendix C. Introducing SSA and RAID C.1 Serial Storage Architecture (SSA) C.1.1 SSA Loops and Links C.1.2 Rules for SSA Loops C.2 RAID Functions C.2.1 RAID-0 C.2.2 RAID-1 C.2.3 RAID-5 C.2.4 Hot Spares C.2.5 Disk Array States D.0 Appendix D. Product Warranty and Notices D.1 Statement of Limited Warranty D.1.1 Production Status D.1.2 The IBM Warranty D.1.3 Warranty Service D.1.4 Extent of Warranty D.1.5 Limitation of Liability D.2 Notices D.3 Trademarks D.4 Communications Statements D.4.1 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement D.4.2 VCCI Statement D.4.3 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Statement D.4.4 Avis de conformité aux normes de l'Industrie Canada D.4.5 Industry Canada Compliance Statement D.4.6 United Kingdom Telecommunications Requirements D.4.7 EC Council Directive D.4.8 Radio Protection for Germany INDEX Index
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FRONT_1 Safety Information
Safety Information
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Safety Information
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Safety Information
CAUTION:
A lithium battery can cause fire, explosion, or a severe burn. Do not recharge, disassemble, heat above 100°C (212°F), solder directly to the cell, incinerate, or expose cell to water. Keep away from children. Replace only with the part number specified for your system. Use of another battery might present a risk of fire or explosion.
The battery connector is polarized; do not try to reverse the polarity. Dispose of the battery according to local regulations. A module on the SSA RAID Adapter card contains a lithium battery.
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About This Book
PREFACE About This Book
This book is intended for a network administrator-that is, the individual responsible for configuring, maintaining, managing, and troubleshooting a PC server. It includes information about installing and using the SSA RAID Adapter, discusses disk-array technology, and describes tasks associated with disk arrays.
Subtopics PREFACE.1 How This Book Is Organized. PREFACE.2 Related Publications
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How This Book Is Organized.
PREFACE.1 How This Book Is Organized.
Chapter 1, "Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter" in topic 1.0 describes the adapter, what is provided with it, and the environments in which it works.
Chapter 2, "Installing an SSA RAID Adapter" in topic 2.0 describes how to install the adapter and its associated software. Chapter 3, "Configuring SSA Subsystems" in topic 3.0 describes how to use the configuration utility function provided with the
adapter to configure new disk arrays and add them to your system. Chapter 4, "Dealing with Disk-Array Problems" in topic 4.0 describes what to do if you have trouble with your SSA subsystem. Chapter 5, "Performing Other Disk-Array Tasks" in topic 5.0 describes other functions of the array utility programs supplied with the
adapter. Chapter 6, "Getting the Latest Information" in topic 6.0 describes where you can get more information about the adapter and SSA
subsystems. Appendix A, "Multiple-Adapter Installations" in topic A.0 describes the special considerations for setting up subsystems that have
more than one adapter. Appendix B, "SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers" in topic B.0 provides more detail about the messages that the
subsystem might give you. Appendix C, "Introducing SSA and RAID" in topic C.0 gives background information on SSA and RAID in general.
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PREFACE.2 Related Publications
Other manuals that you might find useful are:
SSA RAID Adapter: Maintenance Information
SSA RAID Adapter: Technical Reference
Related Publications
, S32H-3817
, SA33-3269
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Chapter 1. Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter
1.0 Chapter 1. Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter
The IBM SSA RAID Adapter for PC Servers is a PCI bus-master adapter that serves as the interface between systems using the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) architecture and devices using the Serial Storage Architecture (SSA). The SSA RAID Adapter provides RAID functions.
Subtopics
1.1 SSA
1.2 The Adapter Card
1.3 RAID
1.4 Operating Systems
1.5 Before Installing the Adapter
1.6 Installation Requirements
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SSA
1.1 SSA
SSA is a high-performance serial-interconnect technology used to connect I/O devices and host adapters. SSA is an open standard, and SSA specifications have been approved by the SSA Industry Association and are in the process of being approved as an ANSI standard through the ANSI X3T10.1 subcommittee. SSA retains the SCSI-2 commands, queuing model, status, and sense bytes.
In SSA subsystems, transmissions to several destinations are multiplexed; the effective bandwidth is further increased by spatial reuse of the individual links. Commands are forwarded automatically from device to device along a loop until the target device is reached. Multiple commands can be travelling around the loop simultaneously.
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The Adapter Card
1.2 The Adapter Card
The adapter provides 4 SSA ports for the attachment of storage devices such as hard disk drives. Each port operates at 20 MB/s full-duplex using point-to-point copper cables up to 25 meters long.
On the adapter card, there is a light next to the pair of SSA connectors (port 1 and port 2) for each SSA loop.  The light is on continuously when power is turned on to the adapter and both ports for that loop are operational; that is, the
devices connected next to the adapter in the loop have power turned on to them, are connected correctly to the adapter, and are operational.  The light flashes continuously if one of the ports is not operational. That occurs when the cable to that port is not connected correctly or the device connected next to the adapter in the loop is not operational.  The light is off if both ports are not operational
On the front panel of the adapter and on one of its modules are labels on which is printed the 15-character SSA unique ID of the adapter.
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RAID
1.3 RAID
RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is the technology of grouping several hard disk drives into an single logical disk drive. This grouping technique greatly increases logical-disk capacity and data availability. In addition, if one disk fails, the system continues to run (except in the case of RAID-0), with no operator intervention required, at reduced performance. The failed disk can be replaced without turning off the server (
hot swapping
).
array
that is defined as a
The SSA RAID Adapter provides RAID functions within the interface between your server and its disk drives. Disk drives connected to the adapter can be configured as individual drives, as members of a RAID-0, RAID-1, or RAID-5 array, or as hot spares for future use in an array. The members of an array can be disk drives only; that is, an array cannot be a member of another array.
If you need some basic information about RAID technology, refer to Appendix C, "Introducing SSA and RAID" in topic C.0.
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Operating Systems
1.4 Operating Systems
The SSA RAID Adapter, its firmware, and the software supplied with it provide attachments of SSA devices to the following operating systems:
 OS/2 2.11 SMP, OS/2 WarpServer Version  Novell NetWare 4.1, 4.1 SM  Windows NT 3.51 Serve
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Before Installing the Adapter
1.5 Before Installing the Adapter
This book is intended for a network administrator-that is, the person responsible for configuring, maintaining, managing, and troubleshooting a PC server. The administrator should be familiar with RAID and hot-swapping technology.
Attention: Do not open the static-protective bag containing the adapter until instructed to do so. This option package contains:  SSA RAID Adapte  Installation and User's Guide (this book  Hardware Maintenance Manual Supplemen  Diskette package containing
- OS/2 Device Driver and Utilities diskette
- Novell NetWare Device Driver and Utilities diskette
- Windows NT Device Driver and Utilities diskette
- PC-DOS Configurator and Utilities diskette.
Contact the place of purchase if any parts are missing or damaged.
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1.6 Installation Requirements
To install this option, you will need the following:  The documentation that came with your serve  A small flat-blade screwdriver
Installation Requirements
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Chapter 2. Installing an SSA RAID Adapter
2.0 Chapter 2. Installing an SSA RAID Adapter
To complete the installation, you must:
1. Install the adapter card
2. Connect the necessary SSA cables
3. Revise the system configuration information
4. Load an operating system, unless one is already loaded in the server
5. Load the device drivers and utility programs.
This chapter describes how to perform these tasks. How to configure disk arrays and attach them to your operating system is described in Chapter 3, "Configuring SSA Subsystems" in topic 3.0.
Subtopics
2.1 Installing the Adapter Card
2.2 Connecting the Disk Drives
2.3 Configuring the Disk Drives
2.4 Installing an Operating System
2.5 Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs
2.6 Selecting Your Boot Device
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Installing the Adapter Card
2.1 Installing the Adapter Card
Attention: Remove all power from your PC server and any attached devices before removing the cover. To install the adapter card, refer to the documentation that came with your PC server. The
describes how to install an adapter. Perform the steps described in that book, ensuring that you perform the actions relating to the static-protective package correctly. When choosing a slot for the SSA RAID Adapter, take note of the following restrictions and recommendations:
User's Handbook
for your server
 The SSA RAID Adapter card is a long PCI adapter card. On some models of PC Server, there is only one slot in which a long PCI adapter card can be installed without interference with the heat sink on the processor. In these models, if might be necessary to move previously installed adapter cards before installing the SSA RAID Adapter card.
 If you are installing one or two SSA RAID Adapter cards in a PC Server 720, to obtain the best performance, use the primary PCI bus (slots 6 and 7). If, because one or both of these slots is already occupied, you cannot use the primary bus for all the SSA RAID Adapter cards that you are installing, use the secondary PCI bus (slots 1 through 5) for all the SSA RAID Adapter cards.
 If you want to boot from an SSA disk drive and the system has a SCSI PCI adapter, you must install the SSA adapter in a PCI slot with a higher priority than the slot used by the SCSI adapter. In some servers, slots with lower numbers have higher priority, in other servers, higher numbers mean higher priority; the
User's Handbook
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2.2 Connecting the Disk Drives
Connecting the Disk Drives
Each of the 2 pairs of SSA ports can attach up to 48 dual-port devices in a closed loop. Only one SSA adapter can be included in a loop.
"SSA Loops and Links" in topic C.1.1 provides a general description of SSA loops and some rules for cabling valid configurations. To connect the cables:
1. Connect the cables from the devices to the appropriate pair of connectors on the adapter card.
2. Turn the retaining screws on the SSA cable connectors fully clockwise to ensure that a good ground connection is made.
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Configuring the Disk Drives
2.3 Configuring the Disk Drives
Turn power on to the server unit and to the devices. Your system automatically performs the PCI configuration tasks, which recognize the new adapter and devices during the boot process.
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Installing an Operating System
2.4 Installing an Operating System
If an operating system is already loaded in your server, go to the next section, "Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs" in topic 2.5.
If you are installing an operating system on your new SSA RAID subsystem:
1. Boot DOS by: a. Inserting the PC-DOS Configurator and Utilities diskette provided with the adapter
b. Turning power off and on again to the server. When the 'CBIOS is currently disabled' message is displayed, press the tab key; this enables the CBIOS.
2. Run the configuration utility which is provided on the PC-DOS Configurator and Utilities diskette. (The details of this procedure are given in Chapter 3, "Configuring SSA Subsystems" in topic 3.0.) This defines the way that the adapter uses the disk drives that are attached to it.
Notes:
a. Systems cannot access SSA disk drives until you have used the configuration utility to attach the disk drives and arrays. b. Installing an operating system on a single disk drive or RAID-1 array can give better performance.
3. Install the new operating system using the installation instructions provided with the operating system. Note: Some operating systems have restrictions on partition size.
4. Install the device drivers and utility programs; how to do this is described in "Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs" in topic 2.5.
5. The SSA subsystem is now ready for use with your system.
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Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs
2.5 Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs
A README.TXT file on the SSA RAID Adapter diskette for your operating system provides detailed instructions on installing the device drivers.
Unless you have just installed an operating system, you must configure your disk arrays before you can use them with your system. Chapter 3, "Configuring SSA Subsystems" in topic 3.0 describes how to do this.
When you have configured your disk arrays, the SSA subsystem will be ready for use with your system. The format in which the Event/Error Logger reports errors is controlled by the file EVNCTRLF.TXT in the install directory (which, by
default, is c:\issa). Details of the settings and how to change them are contained in the header of the control file.
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Selecting Your Boot Device
2.6 Selecting Your Boot Device
To boot from an SSA disk drive: during the boot process, if the message CBIOS disabled appears, press the tab key. After this action, whenever you boot your server, it will boot from the primary SSA disk drive and the message CBIOS enabled will appear.
To return to booting from the previous default device: if the message CBIOS enabled appears, press the tab key. If you have problems booting from an SSA disk drive, refer to "Basic Problems" in topic 4.1.
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Chapter 3. Configuring SSA Subsystems
3.0 Chapter 3. Configuring SSA Subsystems
Before new SSA disk drives can be used by the operating system, you must configure them into the SSA subsystem. You use the configuration utility (which is provided on each of the diskettes supplied with the adapter) to do this. The actions that you must perform are:
1. Accept the new disk drives into the subsystem
2. Configure disk arrays, if required
3. Attach the disk arrays or individual disk drives to your system.
The following sections describe the details of these actions.
Subtopics
3.1 Running the Configuration Utility
3.2 Accepting New Disk Drives
3.3 Creating an Array
3.4 Attaching Resources
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Running the Configuration Utility
3.1 Running the Configuration Utility
To run the configuration utility, execute the following program:  For OS/2: ISSACFG
 For Novell NetWare: load ISSACFG  For Windows NT: ISSACFG  For DOS: ISSACFG
or, if it is available, double click on the SSA Configurator icon. The Main Menu screen is displayed:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Main Menu ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ New Disks ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Free Resources ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ System Resources ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SSA Adapter List ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Event/Error Logger ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Service Aids ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ About ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦<ESCAPE> Exit <ENTER> Select <F1> Help ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
To choose an item from a configurator-utility menu, use the arrow keys to move the highlighting to that item and press the appropriate key, for example, press Enter to select that item,
To move to the previous menu, press Esc. Help is available for every menu; press F1 to reach it.
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Accepting New Disk Drives
3.2 Accepting New Disk Drives
To accept new disk drives into the SSA subsystem:
1. From the SSA Main Menu, select New Disks.
2. A window opens containing a list of all the disk drives not previously used in a PC server:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Main Menu ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ New D+------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Free ¦ List of New Disks ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Syste+------------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SSA A¦SSA UID/Array Name Status Adapter¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Event¦xxxxxxxx xxxxxxx 15 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Servi¦yyyyyyyy yyyyyyy 14 ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ About+------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦<ESCAPE> Exit <ENTER> Select <DELETE> Delete <F1> Help ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦<F9> Flash On <F10> Flash Off ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
In this list, for each disk drive that you want to configure into your SSA subsystem, highlight its name and press Delete. At the prompt, confirm the deletion. Its name disappears from the list; it is now in the
free
state. You can return to the Main Menu by pressing Esc. You can display a list of all the disk drives that are in the free state by selecting Free Resources in the Main Menu.
You can define disk drives that are in the free state as members of an array; "Creating an Array" in topic 3.3 describes how to do this. Alternatively, disk drives can be accessed individually; for such disk drives, go directly to "Attaching Resources" in topic 3.4 for instructions on attaching them to the system.
Also, disk drives can be defined as hot spares. "Defining a Hot Spare" in topic 5.1 describes how to do this.
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Creating an Array
3.3 Creating an Array
This section describes how to create an array from the free disk drives in the SSA subsystem. It is recommended that you define one or more hot spares (refer to "Defining a Hot Spare" in topic 5.1 for how to do this) before
creating the first array on an adapter. To create an array:
1. From the Main Menu screen, select SSA Adapter List.
2. The SSA Adapter List window opens:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Main Menu ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ New Disks ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Free Resources ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Syst+-----------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ SSA ¦ SSA Adapter List ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Even+-----------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Serv¦ Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter (Q) ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Abou¦ Bus X Device N Slot T Adapter (S) ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦<ESCAPE> Exit <ENTER> Select <F1> Help ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Select the adapter that is to control the array. The disk drives that you define as members of the array must be connected to this adapter.
3. The Adapter Menu window opens:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Main M+------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +--------------¦ Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter (Q) ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ New Disks ¦ RAID-0 Arrays ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Free Resour¦ RAID-1 Arrays ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Syst+------¦ RAID-5 Arrays ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SSA ¦ ¦ Rejected Disks ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Even+------¦ Non-Volatile RAM ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Serv¦ Bus X¦ Hot-spare Disks ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Abou¦ Bus X¦ Run Concurrent Diagnostics ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Run Non-Concurrent Diagnostics ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------¦ View Adapter VPD ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Disk Service Aids ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦<ESCAPE> Exit <ENTER> Select <F1> Help ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Creating an Array
Select the type of array to be created. You can scroll the contents of the window by using the arrow keys.
4. A list of the arrays of this type already controlled by this adapter appears in a new window (this list may be blank):
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Main M+------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +--------------¦ Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter (Q) ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ New Disks ¦ RAID-0 Arrays ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Free Resour¦ RAID-1 A+-------------------------------+¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Syst+------¦ RAID-5 A¦ List of RAID-X Arrays ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SSA ¦ ¦ Rejected+-------------------------------¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Even+------¦ Non-Vola¦Array name Status ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Serv¦ Bus X¦ Hot-spar¦1. xxxxxxxx yyyyyyy ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Abou¦ Bus X¦ Run Conc¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Run Non-+-------------------------------+¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------¦ View Adapter VPD ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Disk Service Aids ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦<ESCAPE> Exit <ENTER> Select <INSERT> Insert <DELETE> Delete ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦<F1> Help <F9> FlashOn <F10> FlashOff <F8> Modify Attributes ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Press Insert.
5. A window opens showing the attributes for the type of array selected:
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦CONFIG SSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version¦ ¦ ¦ +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Main M+------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +--------------¦ Bus X Device Y Slot Z Adapter (Q) ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ New Disks ¦ RAI+---------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ Free Resour¦ RAI¦ Filter Attributes for RAID-X Arrays ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Syst+------¦ RAI+---------------------------------------¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ SSA ¦ ¦ Rej¦ SSA UID/Array Name : xxxxxxxx ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Even+------¦ Non¦ attribute1 : xx ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Serv¦ Bus X¦ Hot¦ attribute2 : yy ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Abou¦ Bus X¦ Run¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Run¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------¦ Vie¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Dis+---------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ +------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------+ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦<ESCAPE> Exit <ENTER> Select <F1> Help ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------+ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
You must type in a unique array name (of up to 14 characters) for the new array. The default values for the attributes are shown. You can change these values by overtyping them. (The Help screen provides details of the values that are allowed.) Use the arrow keys to scroll the contents of the window, if necessary, to ensure that you check all the attributes. Press Enter to set each attribute in turn.
6. When you set the last attribute, the list (initially blank) of members of the array appears in a new window:
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