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The RAID Utility shows device type and/or status for each device which it recognizes. The devices may take on several states which you may encounter when running the Utility.
Here is a list of indicators used along with a description of each:
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CDR = A
DDD= A DASD device which is defunct. FMT = A DASD which is being formatted.
HSP = A DASD which has been defined as
OFL = A DASD which is being used to rebuild a defunct drive. This is an intermediate state between DDD and ONL.
ONL = A DASD which has been assigned to an Array.
RDY = A DASD which is ready to use but not assigned to an array or defined as
TAP = A Tape Drive.
UFM = A DASD which is unformatted. The drive requires a
3.5.2 Formatting the Disks
If your DASD devices appear as UNF or if you have experienced some problems with them, you can
If your disks appear as RDY, and you don′t want to reformat, then you can skip over this section.
To format a device:
1.From the main menu select Advanced Functions. The following menu appears:
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IBM RAID | Controller | Configuration | Ver 2.12 | ||
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Figure | 57. RAID Configuration Program - Advanced Functions Menu | ||
2.Select Format drive.
3.With the spacebar, select the devices to format. They appear as FMT.
