IBM SY33-0193-00 manual Identify Function, To Identify with the DOS Configurator

The Identify Function

This	service	aid enables		you	to	determine the		position	of a particular disk drive
want	to identify,		but do	not	want to		remove. Identify		causes the Check light of t
drive	to flash for identification (two						seconds	on, two	seconds	off), but has no e
the	normal operation of the disk drive. It also causes								the Check light (if present
unit	containing	the	selected disk			drive	to flash. You can use			the Identify functio
any number of		disk	drives	at	the	same	time.

Instructions displayed by the service aids tell you when you can select the Ide function.

The service aids display the UIDs of the devices. By checking the UID on the serial-number label on the device, you can verify that the correct device has its light flashing.

To Identify with the DOS Configurator

1.Start the DOS Configurator (see “Accessing Service Aids from the DOS Configurator” on page 29) and SSAselectAdapter List .

2.Select the required adapter from the list.

Note:	From this point, the Identify service aid can be accessed from most of
DOS	Configurator displays.

3.To start the Identify function, press F9 (FlashOn). To end the Identify function press F10 (FlashOff).

To Identify With the RSM Configurator

1.Start the RSM Configurator (see “Accessing Service Aids from the RSM Configurator” on page 30).

2. On the Adapter List page, select the required adapter.

3. On the Adapter View page, select the Physical View.

4. On the Physical View page, select the required disk drive.

5. On	the Disk	View page, use the Flash On and Flash Off buttons at the bottom o
the	page as	necessary.

Download Microcode Function

At some time on a customer site

you

might be

required

to install the

latest versio

either the

disk

or

adapter

microcode.

To download

disk

microcode,

first

obtain

the latest

SSA PC

UCODE package

from the

SSA Customer Support Homepage located at

http://www.hursley.ibm.com/˜ssa/pcserver/

After

installing

to

your disk

drive,

run

the disk downloader tool (issaddld) with eac

the

drive

microcode

files

(.dl)

usually

copied

to

c:\issa\ssaflash.

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