5.5Checking Operation after Installation and Preparing the IDD for Use

(3)Caching parameters

The following parameters are used to optimize IDD Read-Ahead caching operations under the system environments. Refer to Chapter 2 of Fibre Channel Interface Specifications for further details.

 

Parameter

 

Default value

• IC:

Initiator control

 

0 (Drive-specific

 

 

 

control (page

 

 

 

cache))

• RCD:

Disabling Read-Ahead caching operations

 

0 (enabled)

• WCE:

Write Cache Enable

 

1 (enabled)

• MS:

Specifying the multipliers of "minimum

 

0 (Specifying

 

prefetch" and "maximum prefetch" parameters

 

absolute value)

• DISC:

Prefetch operation after track switching during

 

1 (enabled)

 

prefetching

 

 

• Number of blocks for which prefetch is suppressed

 

X'FFFF'

• Minimum prefetch

 

X'0000'

• Maximum prefetch

 

X' XXXX'

 

 

 

(1 cache segment)

• Number of blocks with maximum prefetch restrictions

 

X'FFFF'

• Number of segments

 

X'08'

Notes:

1.When Read-Ahead caching operations are disabled by the caching parameter, these parameter settings have no meaning except write cache feature.

2.Determine the parameters in consideration of how the system accesses the disk. When the access form is not determined uniquely because of the processing method, the parameters can be re-set actively.

3.For sequential access, the effective access rate can be increased by enabling Read-Ahead caching operations and Write Cache feature.

(4)Control mode parameters

The following parameters are used to control the tagged queuing and error logging.

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