Installing the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card
If you have successfully verified your software installation, install your Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card. Follow the steps in Chapter 4, “Installing the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card,” on page 7.
Verifying Hardware Installation
To verify that your system unit recognizes the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card, do the following:
1.If necessary, log in as root user.
2.Type: sisconfig
Press Enter.
3.Select the Display disk hardware status option and press Enter.
If the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card installed correctly, data displays for the adapter and each disk attached to it. The following is an example of the data that displays on your screen:
Display Disk Hardware Status
Serial | Vendor | Product |
| Resource | Hardware |
Number | ID | ID | Model | Name | Status |
03000001 | IBM | 5709001 | 001 | /dev/ibmsis0 | Operational |
000012F0 | IBM | ST3146807LC | 090 |
| HS/Active |
00001315 | IBM | ST3146807LC | 079 |
| DPY/Active |
000012F5 | IBM | ST3146807LC | 070 |
| DPY/Active |
00001304 | IBM | ST3146807LC | 079 |
| DPY/Active |
E7800377 | IBM | 01C933F1 | 205 | /dev/sdc | Operational |
Press Enter to continue. |
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e=Exit | q=Cancel | r=Refresh | f=PageDn | b=PageUp |
d=Display disk unit details | p=Display | device parity status | ||
If the message on your screen indicates your newly installed card, shown in the example as /dev/ibmsis0, is Not Operational instead of Operational or if it is not listed, shut down your machine. Go to Chapter 4, “Installing the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card,” on page 7 to ensure that the Dual Channel SCSI RAID Enablement Card is installed correctly. Then return to this section, and repeat this hardware installation procedure.
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