IBM H80 Series manual Format Physical Disk, Download, Update Eeprom, Replace Controller

Fibre

Channel

RAID

Service Aid

The

Fibre

Channel

RAID

service aids contain

the

following

functions:

Certify

LUN

This

selection reads and checks each block

of data in the Logical Unit

Number (LUN). If excessive errors

are

encountered, the user

is notified.

You

can

run this task from the AIX command

line. Use the

following

fastpath

command:

diag -T "certify"

Certify

Spare

Physical Disk

This

selection

allows

the

user to certify

(check

integrity

of

the data) drives

that

are

designated

as

spares.

You can run this task from the AIX command line. Use the following fastpath command:

diag -T "certify"

Format Physical Disk

This selection is used to format a selected disk drive.

You can run this task from the AIX command line. Use the following fastpath command:

diag -T "format"

Array Controller Microcode		Download
This	selection allows the microcode on the Fibre Channel		RAID controller
to be updated when required.
You	can	run this task from the AIX command line. Use	the following
fastpath		command:
diag -T "download"

Physical Disk	Microcode	Download
This selection is used to update the microcode on any of the disk drives
in	the	array.

You can run this task from the AIX command line. Use the following fastpath command:

diag -T "download"

Update EEPROM

This selection is used to update the contents of the Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM) on a selected controller.

Replace Controller

Use this selection when it is necessary to replace a controller in the array.

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