Installing and Using Utilities 5-65

SCSI Bus Reset

The SCSI bus can be reset.

Select [FTServer] tree→[PCI Module]→[SCSI adapter]→[SCSI bus] screens with the ft server utility. Open the tree of the component for which the SCSI bus is to be reset and select the [SCSI bus] tree.

The table below shows the potential cases in which the SCSI bus is reset.

Component

Bus reset

 

 

Remote

Local

SCSI Bus

–

When a malfunction occurs in the SCSI bus to require the

 

 

bus reset.

 

 

Provide the bus reset if requested by maintenance

 

 

personnel.

 

 

Executable in the following module state:

 

 

• Only the green LED is on

 

 

Only the green LED is on when the module is in the

 

 

following state:

 

 

• Duplex

 

 

 

Remote: Executable from remote management PC by using NEC ESMPRO Manager

Local: Executable on local server by using ft server utility

–: Not support

Reset the SCSI bus with the ft server utility in the following procedure. NEC ESMPRO Manager cannot reset the SCSI bus. However, because the ft server utility cannot check the setup of the SCSI bus, check the bus state with NEC ESMPRO Manager in advance.

1.Select the target SCSI Bus in the [FTServer] tree.

2.Click the [Reset] button for [Bus Reset] in the SCSI bus screen. The modification result can be checked in the event log.

Sample screen of ft server utility

[PCI Module] – [SCSI Adapter] – [SCSI Bus]