IBM SY33-0193-00 manual Modifying Attributes of Resources, Maintenance Manual

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must

be

deleted

manually. This

option allows you

to

list

the

names of such

arrays, and

to delete the records of

those

arrays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note:

Only

32

NVRAM

entries

may

exist

and

each

RAID 5

array

requires

an

entry.

Therefore, to have 32 RAID 5

arrays

it

may

be

necessary

to

delete

dormant array

entries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Start

the

DOS

Configurator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

From

the

Main

Menu selectSSA Adapter

List

. then

select

the

required

adapter.

 

3. From the Adapter Menu, select the adapter whose records you are checking.

4. SelectNon-Volatile RAM . A list of arrays is displayed:

5. An array name that has a

status of “Dormant”, is a record of an array that is

longer present, and is not

recognized by the adapter.

Press the Delete key to remove the record from the NVRAM.

Adding a Disk Drive

to

an

Array

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This

procedure

allows

you to install

a

replacement

disk

drive

into

an

array that

is

running

in

the

Exposed

 

or Degraded state, because you have removed a disk drive.

When

you

install

the

replacement

disk

drive, all the data that

was

contained on

the

original disk

drive is

automatically written

to

the

replacement

disk

drive.

 

Note:

For

instructions

on

howphysicallyto

install

a

disk

drive,

Hardwarsee the

unit

 

 

Maintenance

Manual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Start

the

DOS

Configurator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. From

the

Main

Menu

selectSSA Adapter

List

,

then

select

the

required

adapter.

 

3. From

the

Adapter

Menu, RAIDselect5 Resources

 

.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Select the array to which you want to add a disk drive.

5. SelectView Members

.

6. SelectNot Present (Blank Slot) .

7. Press F7 (Exchange Members). A list of candidate disk drives is displayed.

8. Select the disk drive that you want to add to the array.

9. Press Enter. The selected disk drive is added to the array.

Modifying Attributes of Resources

1. Start the DOS Configurator.

2. From the Main menu, selectSSA Adapter List .

3. Select the required adapter from the list.

4. From the Adapter menu, RAIDselect5 Resources

.

5. Select the array whose attributes you want to change

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