Example 4-10 Using the diskexpt2 Command

ODE> diskexpt2

Type HELP for command information.

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DISKEXPT2

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This program may only be used by HP support personnel and

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Node license for systems specified by the license. HP

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Enter password or a <cr> to exit:

The bus is being scanned for devices. Please wait.

 

More than 3 Modules/Busses were found on this system.

 

Since mapping all the Busses will take time, you can

 

choose a range of busses to map or press <return> to

 

map all the busses. For example, to map bus 2, 4, 5,

 

and 6, type the range 2,4/6

 

 

 

Indx Path

Module

Bus

HPA

SPA

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------

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0

0/1/1/0

PCI SCSI

SCSI

200800

0

1

0/1/1/1

PCI SCSI

SCSI

200900

0

2

0/2/1/0

PCI RAID160 SCSI

400800

0

3

0/4/1/0/4/0

PCI FCQL

Fibre

812000

0

Enter a range (? for help, q for quit)<default is map all>:

The bus is being scanned for devices. Please wait.

 

 

 

 

Sel/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indx Path

Product String

 

Rev

Bus

Size

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----------------------------------- ------ ------ ------

0

0/1/1/0.1.0

HP 36.4G

ST336753LC

HPC3

SCSI

36.4

GB

1

0/1/1/1.0.0

HP 36.4G

ST336753LC

HPC3

SCSI

36.4

GB

Legend:

Sel/Indx - Indx of the disk listed. This is flagged with a '*' if it is marked for testing.

NOTE:

The size of disk may not match the Information Specified by the vendor due to difference in calculation methods.

DISKEXPT2> help

DISKEXPT2 Help

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Quick Start on Utility.

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UTILINFO A brief procedure on how to use the utility.

Environment variables:

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SHOWENV

Displays the current settings

for TESTDISK, BLOCK and RANGE.

BLOCK

Selects the block to be tested.

RANGE

Selects

range of blocks to be

tested by the ROMT and WRTMT commands.

TESTDISK

Selects

the disk to be tested.

 

Read & Writing Disk Blocks:

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SHOWBUF

Displays the internal

buffer contents

after the last read command.

READBLK

Reads the given block

from the

given SCSI disk.

READFULL

Reads the given block

with the

header

from the given SCSI disk.

WRITEBLK

Writes the given block on to the given disk.

WRITEFULL

Writes the given block with the header on to the given disk.

Media Tests:

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ROMT

Performs a read media test on the selected range of blocks.

WRTMT

Performs a write/read/verify test on the selected range of blocks.

Continue ([y]/n)? y

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Disk Log Access:

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ACCESSLOG Displays the disk logs in a consise format.

READLOG

Reads the log data from the disk.

CLRLOG

Clears the log data from the disk.

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HP UX Diagnostics Software manual Example 4-10 Using the diskexpt2 Command, ODE diskexpt2

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