IBM SY33-0193-00 manual Contents

Contents

About

This

Supplement

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v

How

This

Book

Is Organized. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

Related Publications . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . vi

Introducing the IBM SerialRAID Adapter

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 . . . .

General Information . .

. . .

. . . . . . . . . . . 2

Service

Request

Numbers

(SRNs)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Displaying SRNs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The

SRN

Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Using

the

SRN

Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Software

and

Microcode

Errors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

SSA

Loop

Configurations

that

Are

Not. Valid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12. . . .

Dealing

with

Fast-Write

Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

SSA

Link

Errors

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

SSA

Link

Error

Problem

Determination. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Link

Status

Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Locating

a

Broken

Loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Removing

and

Replacing

FRUs

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Exchanging

Disk

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Replacement

Disk

Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Exchanging

a

Non-Array

Disk

Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Exchanging

an

Array

Disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Exchanging

DRAMs

on

the

IBM

SerialRAID

Adapter. . . . . . . . . . . . .22. .

Removing

a

DRAM

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Installing

a

DRAM. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Exchanging

the

Fast-Write

Cache .Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Removing

the

Cache Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Installing

the

Cache .Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Service

Aids

and

Other

Utilities

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Disk

Service

Aids. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Accessing

Service

Aids

from

the

DOS Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . .29. .

Accessing

Service

Aids

from

the

RSM

Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . .30. .

Service Mode . . . .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

To

Set

Service

Mode

with

the

DOS

Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . . . 31. . .

To

Set

Service

Mode

With

the

RSM Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . . .33. .

Format Disk

.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

To

Format

Using

the

DOS

Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34. . . .

To Format With the RSM

Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35. . . .

Certify Disk .

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

To

Certify

using the

DOS

Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35. . . .

To

Certify

With

the

RSM

Configurator. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36. . . .

 Copyright IBM Corp. 1998 iii