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Attaching Resources

3.4 Attaching Resources

A resource is a disk drive that is to be accessed individually or an array of disk drives.

Before attaching an array, ensure that it has finished the rebuilding process and that no problems occurred during this process. Any problems are shown in the attributes of the array; "Viewing Resources and Their Attributes" in topic 5.3 describes how to see this information.

To attach a resource to your system:

1. From the SSA Main Menu screen, select System Resources.

A list, initially blank, of the resources attached to the system is displayed; the resources are listed in drive-address order. (Drive addresses are allocated by the configurator.) Only resources that are attached can be accessed by the operating system.

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To attach a resource:

a. For the first resource, just press Insert.

To add a resource to an existing list, highlight the name of a resource already in the list (the new resource will be added immediately above this one) and press Insert.

To add a resource to the end of the list, highlight the space below the current end of the list and press Insert.

Notes:

1)If you are going to boot from an SSA disk drive, that disk drive must be at the top of the list. For details of the requirements for booting from an SSA disk drive, refer to the README.TXT file on the Device Driver and Utilities diskette for your operating system.

2)At the position in the list that you choose for the new resource, there must be a large enough gap in the sequence of drive addresses. If the gap is not large enough:

￿For OS/2, the system creates a large enough gap by adjusting downward the drive addresses of resources below the gap.

￿For Novell NetWare, the system rejects your choice of that position.

￿For Windows NT, the system gives a warning that you might destroy data by selecting that position. b. A list of candidate resources is displayed:

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Contents Cover Book Cover Document Number S32H-3816-00 Part Number 32H3816Product it supports, be Edition Edition Notice Contents Table of Contents FRONT1 Safety Information Safety Information Copyright IBM Corp FRONT1 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and Users Guide Preface About This Book PREFACE.1 How This Book Is Organized PREFACE.2 Related Publications Introducing the SSA RAID Adapter SSA Adapter Card RAID Operating Systems Before Installing the Adapter Installation Requirements Installing an SSA RAID Adapter Installing the Adapter Card Connecting the Disk Drives Configuring the Disk Drives Installing an Operating System Installing the Device Drivers and Utility Programs Selecting Your Boot Device Configuring SSA Subsystems Running the Configuration Utility VyymmddAccepting New Disk Drives Creating an Array Service Aids Vyymmdd XX Version Main M+ Bus Device Y Adapter New Disks RAID-0 Arrays Free ResourList of RAID-X Arrays Non-VolaArray name Status Serv BusMain M+ Bus + Q Rej SNon a Hot aSSA RAID Adapter Installation and Users Guide Attaching Resources Main Menu New Disks List of System ResourcesSystem ResoSSA UID/Array Name Status F1 Help F9 FlashOnCANUID111 Dealing with Disk-Array Problems Basic Problems Array Problems Disk Service Aids New Disks Link F3 Certify ServiceMode F5 Diagnostics F9 FlashOnChanging Failed Disk Drives BlankSSA RAID Adapter Installation and Users Guide Performing Other Disk-Array Tasks Defining a Hot Spare Select Hot-spare disksSSA Configurator and Service Aids Vyymmdd Version Main M+ List of Hot-spare DisksNo1 Ho2Viewing the Physical Configuration Viewing Resources and Their Attributes Attr1aaaa Main Menu New+Fre View Physical Disk Sys+ Changing Array Attributes View Adapter VPD Disk Service Aids Escape Exit Enter Select Device Y Slot Z Adapter New Disks RAID-0 Arrays Free ResourRAID-5 a List of RAID-X Arrays Xxxxxxxx Yyyyyyy Abou BusExchanging a Member of an Array Escape Exit Enter Select F1 Help F9 FlashOn F10 FlashOffView RAID-X Arrays System Res+ Candidates for RAID-X ArraysUIDxxxxx Status SSA Adapte AttDeleting an Array FF00xxxx Qqqqqqq Getting the Latest Information U.S Canada Markham Montreal TorontoAppendix A. Multiple-Adapter Installations Appendix B. SSA RAID Adapter Service Request Numbers Failed 41064 a 64 MB Dram module Not exchange any Dram Modules yetSSA RAID Adapter Installation and Users Guide SSA adapter microcode has Call for service Hung DffffSSA Loop Configurations that Are Not Valid Appendix C. Introducing SSA and RAID Subtopics Serial Storage Architecture SSA RAID FunctionsSerial Storage Architecture SSA Subtopics SSA Loops and Links Rules for SSA LoopsSSA Loops and Links Subtopics Loops and Data PathsLoops and Data Paths SSA RAID Adapter Installation and Users Guide Loops and Data Paths Copyright IBM Corp 1.1 Rules for SSA Loops RAID Functions Subtopics RAID-0 RAID-1 RAID-5 Hot Spares Disk Array StatesRAID-0 RAID-1 RAID-5 Hot Spares Disk Array States Good State Exposed State Degraded State Rebuilding State Offline State Appendix D. Product Warranty and Notices Warranty Period* Three years Machine SSA RAID Adapter for PC ServersProduction Status IBM Warranty Warranty Service Extent of Warranty Limitation of Liability SSA RAID Adapter Installation and Users Guide IBM Communications Statements Federal Communications Commission FCC Statement Radio interference. VCCI-1 Vcci StatementThis equipment is Type 1 Data Processing International Electrotechnical Commission IEC Statement Avis de conformité aux normes de lIndustrie Canada Industry Canada Compliance Statement United Kingdom Telecommunications Requirements EC Council Directive Radio Protection for Germany HinweisGood state C.2.5.1 Hot spares defining 5.1 function C.2.4 Information, latest 6.0 information, more 6.0 installing Installing Write while exposed C.2.5.2

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