IBM 32H3816 SSA RAID Adapter Installation and Users Guide, Viewing the Physical Configuration

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SSA RAID Adapter Installation and User's Guide.

Viewing the Physical Configuration

5.2 Viewing the Physical Configuration

From the SSA Main Menu, select SSA Adapter List and then Disk Service Aids. A window opens showing the physical arrangement of the SSA disk drives attached to the adapter selected:

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In this example, four disk drives are connected between ports A1 and A2 of the adapter, in a loop, in the order shown. There are no disks connected to ports B1 and B2.

If a dashed line appears in the list of disk drives, it means that the SSA loop is broken at that point.

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