IBM H80 Series manual To PCI Scsi RAID Adapter, Optical Media, Diskette Format, Option

Hardfile	Attached	to PCI SCSI RAID Adapter
This	function	formats the	physical	disks	attached to a PCI SCSI RAID	adapter. Th
task	can be	run directly	from the	AIX	command line. See the following	command

syntax:

diag -c -d RAID adapterName-T "format {-l chId -A }"

Flag	Description
-l	Physical disk channel/ID. (An	example	of a	physical disk channel/ID is
	27, where the channel is 2	and the	ID	is 7.)
-A	All disks

Optical Media

This function formats the optical media attached to a PCI SCSI RAID adapter.

ŸOptical Media Initialize

Formats the media without certifying. This function does not reassign the

defective blocks or erase the				data on the media. This option provides a qui
way	of	formatting the media	and	cleaning	the disk.
Note:	It	takes approximately	one	minute to	format the media.

ŸOptical Media Format and Certify

Formats		and	certifies		the media. This		function reassigns the	defective blocks
and	erases		all	data	on the	media.
This task		can	be	run directly		from the	AIX command line. See	the following
command	syntax:
diag -c -d deviceName -T "format [-s {initialize fmtcert} ]"
Option	Description

initialize Formats media without certifying

fmtcert Formats and certifies the media

Diskette Format

This selection formats a diskette by writing patterns to it.

Chapter 6. Introducing Tasks and Service133 Aids