IBM SY33-0193-00 manual From, List, Array, Nvram

Deleting	a	Resource	from the		System Resource		List
		Note:	Only	resources		that	are listed in	the	system resource list are configured wh
		you next boot the system.
Using	the	DOS Configurator:
		1.	Start	the DOS configurator SSAandAdapterselectList					from the main menu.
		2. From		the	adapter	list	menu,SystemselectResources	.

3. Select the resource that you want to remove from the system resource list.

Note:	A	resource	can be	a disk drive or	an array.	.
4. Press Delete.
The	resource is		removed	from the System	Resource List	and returned to the list
free		resources.

5. Reboot the system to bring the changes into effect.

Removing a Disk	Drive	from	an	Array
This		procedure		allows	you	to	remove	a disk drive from an		array so that you can	i
a	replacement			disk drive.		Use this		procedure	when you	do not have an available	o
disk		drive,	or	there	is	no	spare slot for a		replacement	disk drive.

1. Start the DOS Configurator

2. From the Main Menu, selectSSA Adapter List , then select the required adapter.

3. From the Adapter Menu, RAIDselect5 Resources .

4. Select the array from which you want to remove a disk drive.

5.

SelectView

Members

.

6.

Select

the

disk

drive

that

you

want

to

remove.

If

necessary,

use the

Identif

function

to

find

the disk drive. To start the Identify

function

press

F9 (FlashOn

Check

light

flashes on

the

selected

disk

drive.

To

end

the

Identify

function,

F10 (FlashOff).

7.

Press F7 (Exchange Members).

8.

SelectBlank

Reserved

.

The selected disk drive is removed

from

the array

and

replaced by

a

blank vir

disk.

9.

Physically

remove

the

disk

drive

(see “Exchanging

a

Non-Array

Disk

Drive”

on

page

19).

Listing or Deleting	Records	of	Old Arrays	in	the NVRAM
If	an array		becomes	disconnected from the		system	other	than by deleting it, a r
that	array	remains in		the	non-volatile random	access	memory	(NVRAM). The record

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